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Categories: Firearms / Marksmanship / British Military / Research

Following is a list of all posts, grouped by category and sorted alphabetically.

Firearms

• Firearms

Long Range Rifle Fire

• .45-70 at Two Miles: The Sandy Hook Tests of 1879
• A Short History of Long Range Shooting in the USA
• Long Range Rifle Fire
• Long Range Shooting: An Historical Perspective
• Long-Range Rifle Fire
• The Record Long Range Score

Long Range Target Rifles

• American Rifles, 1877
• Creedmoor Rifles, 1873
• Elcho Shield Rifles, 1878
• Long Range Target Rifles
• Short Barrel and Long Range
• Small-bore Rifles Compared, Wimbledon 1862
• The 1862 London International Exhibition
• The Creedmoor Rifle, 1876

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British Military Longarms

• British Military Longarms
• Pattern 1838 Musket
• Pattern 1841 Carbine
• The Brunswick Rifle

Enfield

• Enfield
• Managing the Enfield
• P.53 Enfield Production Markings
• The Enfield Rifle, 1859
• The Enfield Rifle, 1860
• The Long Enfield 1853
• War Department Notes

Snider-Enfield

• Snider Breech-Loader
• Snider-Enfield
• The Snider Breech-Loader Rifle

Martini Arms

• Martini Arms
• The Future Weapon of the British Soldier
• The New Martini-Enfield Rifle

Lee Magazine Rifles

• Lee Magazine Rifles
• The Lee Magazine Rifle

Small Arms Trials

• Lancaster Oval Bore
• Measuring Precision
• Measuring Velocity
• Small Arms Trials

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Gunmakers

• Gunmakers

George Gibbs, Bristol, England

• George Gibbs
• George Gibbs, Bristol
• George Gibbs, Bristol, England
• Gibbs & Metford
• Gibbs-Farquharson-Metford
• John Farquharson
• Obituary: George Gibbs
• The Gibbs-Metford Rifle

William Soper, Reading, England

• Breech-loaders V. Muzzle-loaders
• The Soper Rifle
• The Soper Rifle Factory – In Liquidation
• William Soper, Reading, England

John Rigby, Dublin, Ireland

• John Rigby, Dublin, Ireland
• Rigby: A Brief Introduction
• Rigby: Rifle No. 12169
• Rigby: Rifle No. 13137 (attributed to Lord Elcho)
• Rigby: Rifle No. 14614
• Rigby: Rifle No. 15651
• The Rigby Rifle, 1864
• The Rigby Rifle, 1869

Daniel Fraser, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Daniel Fraser, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Daniel Fraser: A Brief Introduction
• The Fraser Rifle

Alexander Henry, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Alexander Henry Inventory
• Alexander Henry, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Henry: Rifle No. 3383 – Henry-Fraser Percussion Target Rifle
• Henry: Rifle No. 824
• Obituary: Alexander Henry (1818-1894)
• The Henry Rifle
• The Henry Rifle

Homer Fisher, New York, USA

• Homer Fisher, New York, USA
• Homer Fisher: A Brief Introduction

Charles E. Overbaugh, New York, USA

• American Primer Ignition Long Range Deluxe Rifle
• Charles E. Overbaugh
• Charles E. Overbaugh, New York, USA

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Ammunition

• Ammunition
• Drams or Drachms?
• Eley’s Patent Wire Cartridge
• Enfield Paper Cartridges
• Joshua Shaw, Artist And Inventor
• Manufacture of The Copper Percussion Cap
• Metford & Bullet Alloys
• Military Percussion Caps
• Paper Patching: A Pictorial Guide
• Report of Experiments
• Rifle Musket /53 .568 Cartridges
• Rigby, Quicksilver & Bullet Alloys
• Sharps Long Range Bullets
• Snider Cartridge Creaser
• The Perils of Hand Loading and How to Wrap Bullets
• The Science of Long Range Shooting

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