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In 1858 the famous Birmingham gunmaker Westley Richards was to receive a patent for his unique capping breach loading design. The breach of the rifle was opened by a lever which is thought to resemble a monkey's tail hence the name coined for these rifles. Once open an articulated paper cartridge containing bullet, powder and greased wad could ...
Currently in Nottingham - £1800. About 650 were made in 1860 & '61, mainly for target shooting and were sufficiently treasured that some 10% have survived. Ones as good as this rarely turn up for sale . Continuing on the Westley Richards theme I have a spare Martini made for ZAR, one of those superb shooting nine groove rifles, they are strong ...
Custom Rifle Craftsmanship. William Westley Richards, founder of the company, was once heard remarking to be the maker of as good a gun as can be made, a statement long since adopted as the companys motto. Today, every individual gun and rifle begins its life in our engineering business where a live model of each design is available for ...
9 de set. de 2022 · Domestic designs were considered as well, including the Calisher & Terry breechloading carbine, and eventually the Westley Richards “Monkey Tail” breechloading design. None of these arms provided the solution the British military sought. In almost all cases the primary issue was the ammunition.
23 de dez. de 2016 · The Westley Richards monkey-tail endured even after cartridges had rendered percussion caps obsolete, and a 24” barrel carbine-rifle hybrid became popular among the Boers during the 1880s. Unable to acquire or afford metal cartridges, the Boers loaded these caplocks with homemade black-powder cartridges.
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1 de mar. de 2023 · Westley Richards: Bespoke Craftsmanship With Timeless Appeal. For more than two centuries, Westley Richards has produced some of the world’s finest firearms, each wearing a timeless and classic ...
