any people think that air rifles are a phenomenon of the 20th century, but that’s not so. Practical guns powered by compressed air existed centuries before that. Earlier this month, I was privileged to see a fantastic cased air rifle, made in about 1825 by William Mills of 120 High Holborn London. Mills described himself as an ‘Improved Gunmaker’, although we are not told exactly what he had
Gunroom
Jan 18, 2023
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