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<!-- Service history --> |service= [[1873]]–[[1892]] (Artillery Model - [[1902]])

... up of the cylinder on a [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk VI]] [[service pistol|service revolver]]]] ...at Revolver]] has a 9 shot cylinder. Several models of .22 rimfire caliber revolvers have cylinders holding 9 or 10 rounds.

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...ates the cylinder so that the next cartridge may be fired immediately. The British firearms firm Webley also made an "automatic revolver" around the turn of t ...y reload by simply removing the empty magazine and inserting a loaded one. Revolvers are very common among handgun hunters because revolver cartridges are usual

...o deduce. American burglars are [[Castle law|worried about getting shot]]. British ones are not. ...[[automatic]] or [[semi-automatic handguns]], [[sawn-off shotguns]], and [[revolvers]], demonstrate a real need for comprehensive gun control policy. With the c

...tated reasons. Category H barrels must be at least 100mm (3.94") long for revolvers, and 120mm (4.72") for semi-automatic pistols, and magazines are restricted ...red antique firearms. Four states require licences for antique percussion revolvers and cartridge repeating firearms but in Queensland and Victoria a person ma

... populace. Therefore the armed citizen soldier carried the responsibility. Service in militia, including providing your own ammunition and weapons, was mandat ...ulars are coming", but was captured before completing his mission when the British marched towards the arsenal in Lexington and Concord to collect the patriot

..., or roll crimps, which are best for rimmed cartridges such as are used in revolvers.<ref name=nonte_7 /> ...ny cartridges share the same base dimensions, and a single shellholder can service many different cases. Shellholders are also specialized, and will generally

...nal in [[Dum Dum]], near Calcutta around 1890. Designs included the [[.303 British|.303" Mk III, IV & V]] and the [[.455 Webley|.455" Mk III "Manstopper"]] ca ..."rkba">''Black Talon: much ado about little'', Joe Hallinan, Newhouse News Service, 1995-01-29 Cited in [http://rkba.org/letters/cnn0327.dos Letter to CNN], S

[[Image:Khyberpassrifles.jpg|thumb|240px|Copies of British Martini and Snider firearms built in the Khyber region]][[Image:Webleypocke The most commonly encountered Khyber Pass Copies are of British military firearms, notably [[Martini-Henry]], [[Martini-Enfield]], and [[Le

**[[PSG-90]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - 7.62 mm NATO: Swedish Service Weapon) ...German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon)

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....32]] calibre. The handgun categories include approximately half of the [[revolvers]] and [[pistols]] owned in [[Canada]]. There are specific provisions liste ...]]s ([[Charlton Automatic Rifle]]).<ref>See Ian D. Skennerton, The British Service Lee, (London: Arms and Armour Press, 1982).</ref> Another well-known exampl

... 2, Sect. II, US Army Field Manual 23-25, ''Combat Training With Pistols & Revolvers'' ...2nd Lt. Rex Applegate was tasked with adapting the training being given to British Commando forces for use by OSS agents. Applegate's methodology was publish

...5.jpg|thumb|The '''[[Colt Single Action Army]]''', one of the most popular revolvers of all time]] The first revolvers were partly an attempt to improve on [[pepper-box]] type weapons, which use

|products= [[service pistol|military pistols]] ... the first successful [[trigger|double-action]] [[revolver]] in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the [[U.S. Civil War]]

...his first patent (number 6909), despite the reluctance from gun makers and British officials, because no fault could be found with the gun. He then traveled t ...8. Any arms purchased under the Militia Act had to be those in the current service to the United States.” In other words, state militias could not officiall

...urchase, maintain, keep, and bring their own armor and weapon for military service. This was of such importance that Crown officials gave periodic inspections ...al common law right of self-defense. Indeed, in his arguments on behalf of British troops in the Boston Massacre, John Adams invoked the common law of self-de

[[File:45 service pistol.jpg|thumb|420px|Major components of a typical [[M1911|1911-type]] se ...ugh semi-automatic pistols are potentially more prone to malfunctions than revolvers due to their more complex design and mechanism.