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...d for the U.S. government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, today [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]], and adopted ...ned for the US government service revolver trials of 1873 by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company and adopted as the standard military service revolver

... have a long history in Europe, dating back to the early days of cartridge firearms, and they are most popular in [[Germany]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]]. ...e variety of game could be encountered. A combination such as the .450-577 British service cartridge and a 12 gauge shotgun was common.

...stry standards organizations [[C.I.P.]] and [[Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute|SAAMI]] have assigned different standards for the same cartridge ...the list are of American origin, and many are only chambered in commercial firearms manufactured by American comapanies using SAAMI specifications. The table s

* ''Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers,'' 1997, The Sportsman's Press, ISBN 0948253746 [[category:British firearms manufacturers]]

These very large and heavy firearms were the first to be known as the elephant guns of the black powder era (18 ...fter, they largely switched roles to tools for game wardens and as back-up firearms for professional hunters guiding international hunters.

...vernments, professional ballisticians, defence forces and a few ammunition manufacturers to obtain real world data of the flight behaviour of projectiles of their i ... expensive professional measurement devices and authorities and projectile manufacturers are generally reluctant to share the results of Doppler radar tests and the

...during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire from dug-in [[United Kingdom|British]] defenders (largely [[New Zealand]]ers from 5 Brigade's 22nd Battalion) in Six manufacturers were solicited for prototype designs: Gustloff-Werke, [[Mauser]], Johannes

... company entered into a long lasting relationship with the famous American firearms designer, [[John Browning|John Moses Browning]]. The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used

...s use [[smokeless powder]], [[cordite]], or other propellants. Most modern firearms (with the notable exception of [[smoothbore]] [[shotgun]]s) have [[rifling| ...ny regulatory agencies, such as the American [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|US BATFE]], consider any firearm which dispenses more than o

...hat, due to its laws requiring universal licencing and registration of all firearms and owners, estimating [[Canadian]] [[firearm]] ownership rates would be re ...arly in rural areas, has made accurate estimation of the actual numbers of firearms and their owners in Canada a nearly insurmountable task.

...rship, use, and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through legal and criminal use.<ref>Spitz ...ten find themselves faced with a range of penalties or sanctions regarding firearms by neighboring states.

...volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as a [[propellant]] in [[firearms]] and fireworks. ...s that approximated black powder in terms of chamber pressure when used in firearms, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and combustion products; th

*factories by firearms manufacturers, ... these institutions, and '''limited to''' restoring these government-owned firearms to officially sanctioned standards of functionality and configuration.<ref>

...consistency. Many handloaders customize their cartridges to their specific firearms, usually in pursuit of accuracy: they can assemble precision ammunition usi Collectors of obsolete firearms often have to handload because cartridges are no longer commercially produc

...me precision, durability, reliability and accuracy of their firearms. All firearms made by H&K are named by a prefix and the official designation, with suffix ...onal rifling]]. Most believe that Austrian company [[Glock]] was the first firearms manufacturer to use polymers in their hand guns, however it was Heckler & K

... (short for ''Maschinenpistole 5'') was created within the fourth group of firearms, initially known as the '''HK54'''. The first MP5 models used a double-column straight box [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]], but since 1977, slightly curved, steel magazines are used with

...ttp://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/uniforms_firearms/firearms/98k/k98index.htm Firearms of the Wehrmacht - Mauser Karabiner 98]</ref> ...scopic sight body for unimpaired operation of the three-position [[safety (firearms)|safety catch lever]]. This ergonomic problem was solved by mounting the te

[[Image:Khyberpassrifles.jpg|thumb|240px|Copies of British Martini and Snider firearms built in the Khyber region]][[Image:Webleypocket.jpg|thumb|240px|Copy of We ...i, who live around the Khyber pass, were historically the most active arms manufacturers on the Frontier.

|cartridge= [[.303 British|.303 Mk VII SAA Ball]] |used_by=United Kingdom & Colonies, British Commonwealth, Thailand

This rifle has a long and colorful history in British service. The "Lee" designed for the original .303 British loading, which used a compressed