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  2. Colt's New Model revolving rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Colt New Model revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design was essentially similar to revolver type pistols, with a rotating cylinder that held five or six rounds in a variety of calibers from .36 to .64 inches. [ 1] They were mainly based upon the Colt Model ...

  3. Magazine (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Magazine (firearms) A staggered-column 9×19mm Browning Hi-Power pistol box magazine. The top image shows the magazine loaded and ready for use, while the lower image shows it unloaded and disassembled. Loading of small arms ammunition into a magazine. A magazine, often simply called a mag, is an ammunition storage and feeding device for a ...

  4. British military rifles - Wikipedia

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    This rifle was an accurate weapon for its day, with reported kills being made at 100 to 300 yards (90 to 270 m) away. At Cacabelos, in 1809, Rifleman Tom Plunkett, of the 95th, shot the French General Colbert-Chabanais at a range allegedly of 400 yards (370 m). The rifle was in service in the British Army until the 1840s.

  5. SA80 - Wikipedia

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    SA80. The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [ 4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant ...

  6. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Battle rifle: A service rifle capable of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire of a full-power rifle cartridge. Bayonet lug: An attachment point at the muzzle end of a long gun for a bayonet. Belt: An ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into some machine guns in place of a magazine.

  7. Lee–Metford - Wikipedia

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    Lee–Metford. The Lee–Metford (also known as the Magazine Lee–Metford) is a British bolt action rifle which combined James Paris Lee 's rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine with an innovative seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford. It replaced the Martini–Henry as the standard service rifle of the ...

  8. Next (UK retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Next plc, trading as Next (styled as NEXT) is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer, which has its headquarters in Enderby, England. [ 3] It has around 700 stores, of which circa 500 are in the United Kingdom, and circa 200 across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. [ 1] Next is the largest clothing retailer by ...

  9. Gap Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Gap, Inc., [ 6] commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP ), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company operates four primary divisions: Gap (the namesake banner), Banana Republic, Old Navy ...