hen Britain adopted the .303 rifle cartridge in 1888, the sporting gun trade started to build rifles chambered for it in order to cash in on the developmental work already paid for by the Government. Commercial contractors, including Birmingham Small Arms (BSA), that had tooled up to produce rifles for the Government could sell ‘in the white’ (unfinished) .303 barrelled actions to the sporting trade. Those in the trade then simply
Gunroom
May 10, 2023
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