Here’s another set of Maxim photos, this time of an 1899 pattern gun made at Enfield. Photos courtesy of the UK MoD.
BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) was the largest private arms maker in the UK during World War One, and when the war ended it of course saw its huge military contracts evaporate. One of BSA’s efforts […]
Today we have a very odd BSA prototype Long Lee rifle. The details of its production are unknown, but it has good provenance; the Charnwood Ordnance collection. What makes the rifle unusual is a unique […]
I received a request from a collector trying to find information on the Dyer International Caliber Rifle. I have been unable to find anything myself, but the fellow did have a pair of technical drawings […]
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That’s a bonnie gun, I like all the brass.
Bronze, lovely. Durable, robust, self lubricating Wonder why it is used to rarely in weapons where weight is not an issue?
What a thing of beauty!
Damn, those guys just loved British military bronze casting, epitome of the era; what a charmer!