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The .303 Pattern 1914 – the Best Battle Rifle the British Army Never Had?

2nd November 2021 Tom Pudding 3641 Comments

Introduction The humiliations suffered by the British Army at the hands of untrained Boer irregulars during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 caused a great deal of concern at the War Office where questions were soon [more…]

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The Sharps Model 1874 and Reloading the 45-90 Black Powder Cartridge

20th April 2020 Tom Pudding 3595 Comments

Introduction One of my favourite scenes in one of my all-time favourite Westerns is when Josie Wales (played by Clint Eastwood) chased by Union Redlegs casually waits for them to reach mid-river on a hand-hauled [more…]

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Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Eight

4th March 2019 Tom Pudding 3285 Comments

Introduction During the first half of the 19th century great leaps forward were made in firearms technology and by the 1870s soldiers who 50 years earlier would have been supplied with flintlock, smoothbore muskets were [more…]

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Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Seven

25th February 2019 Tom Pudding 3505 Comments

Introduction By the 1860s it had become obvious that the days of the muzzle loading firearm were numbered and that any government that failed to re-arm its troops with breechloaders would quickly be left behind [more…]

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Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Six

11th February 2019 Tom Pudding 2302 Comments

Introduction Sometime in mid-2017 I casually remarked to the chap shooting at the next bench to me that I had long been fascinated by the Westley Richards ‘Monkey Tail’ transitional rifle but had never actually [more…]

19th Century

Milestones in Nineteenth Century Firearms Development, Part Five

4th February 2019 Tom Pudding 2268 Comments

Introduction By inducing a projectile to spin around its own axis its flight is stabilised and accuracy and range are vastly improved. Rifling a barrel by cutting spiral grooves in a variety of forms and [more…]

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