Winchester Model 52 Long Rifle used in Bisley Competitions
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No. 40325A; “Winchester” model 52 .22 long rifle, bolt action, barrel length 711 mm, Cal .22, magazine (10 round capacity); Competition rifle. Rifle secured with a trigger guard in a locked glass cabinet. This competition rifle was used by Lt. Gilmour Boa of the 48th Highlanders in the 1951 Bisley Competition in England. On 21 […]
Pioneer Sword
pioneer sword with brass hilt; blade has teeth on upper side; There is a black leather scabbard and a a white leather frog
Lee-Enfield Short Rifle MK III No. 1 1917
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Q3390 Bolt action, Cal .303 British (7.7 mm), Barrel length 640mm, magazine (10 round capacity), Bayonet, sling, frog, scabbard Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 ShtLE Mk III* (BSA Co.) Birmingham Small Arms
Sten MK II 1943 Submachine gun
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The Sten mk2 is a sub-machine gun chambered in 9×19 NATO built to replace the prohibitively expensive Thompson sub-machine gun in British Service as the Sten gun is a much simpler and more cost-effective design, especially during the trade embargo in place on Britain during World War 2. The Sten was initially manufactured in Britain […]
Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 1918
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Lee-Enfield Short Rifle Mk III No. 1 1918 ShtLE Mk III* (LSA Co. Ld.) London Small Arms, No. 1 Mark 1* D11D 113233 /31R70483 (Rifle & Bolt); bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16″ (640 mm); Cal .303 British (7.7 mm); Magazine capacity 10 rounds; has a sling; bayonet 76455A (1907); barbed wire cutter No. 1 […]
Ross MK III Rifle (M-10) 1916 (Ross Rifle Co.)
#50661161 bolt action, barrel length 25 2/16; Cal .303 (7.7 mm) magazine (5 round capacity); Bayonet
Ross MK III Rifle (M-10) 1916 (Ross Rifle Co.)
#50661217, bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16 cal .303 (7.7mm) magazine 5 round capacity
SMLE No. 4 MK I* 1943 Rifle
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41L2957 Long Branch Ont., 1913143 (bolt) bolt action, barrel length 25 3/16,” (640mm), Cal .303 (7.7mm), magazine 10 round capacity, sling SMLE No.4 Mk I* 1943 Rifle Lee Enfield, Small Arms Limited, Long Branch, No. 4 Mark I*
Lewis 1914 Machine Gun MK3 (BSA)
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The Lewis gun derives from patents relating to a gas-operated machine gun developed by Samuel N. MacLean. As the patents stood, the gun would not work. Colonel Isaac N. Lewis, a former artillery officer who developed various fire control instruments during his career, was asked by the Automatic Arms Company of Buffalo, NY, to transform […]
Thompson 1921 Submachine gun (replica)
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The “Tommy Gun” was issued to the 1st Battalion of the 48th Highlanders in 1943 prior to going to Sicily. Brigadier General John Tagliaferro Thompson, a US Army Ordinance officer, was interested in developing an automatic rifle. He rejected all the conventional operating systems available at that time and chose a system developed by Commander […]