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I can remember in the 1970s. John Longstaff retailing the Boys rifle with ammunition. I think he was charging £120 for the rifle.
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There is a 20mm rifle in the UK. It was awaiting proof the last time I saw it out on SPTA some time back. Used the short 20mm Vulcan round
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There is a 20mm rifle in the UK. It was awaiting proof the last time I saw it out on SPTA some time back. Used the short 20mm Vulcan round
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My son when aged about 12/13 shot a 50 cal black powder rifle and he stated after one shot "not shooting that again" and he had fired a .338LM and a 300WM.
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lahti 20mm at knob creek.
Owner was reloading cases and turning his own bullets.
Quite a blast stood either side of it!
Owner was reloading cases and turning his own bullets.
Quite a blast stood either side of it!
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The Lathi guns were for sale in the U.S. through the mail in the 50s. The Amercian Rifleman magazine of that era had ads for them.mag41uk wrote:lahti 20mm at knob creek.
Owner was reloading cases and turning his own bullets.
Quite a blast stood either side of it!
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There’s still a few Boys Rifles about. I was lucky enough to have a go with this one in its original 55cal at Lydd earlier this year. The owner has an engineering company make the heads for him.
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I was getting ready to smugly Pooh-Pooh the idea that 13x92 T Gewehr was an obsolete calibre so I opened up the latest copy of the Obsolete calibre list that I of course keep on my laptop for reference. Scrolled down to the 13mm calibres and low & behold there it is line 399 13mm x 92 T-Gew.
That teaches me!
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That teaches me!
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Seen at the Athens Greece military museum last October. I highly recommend the museum although some of the displays are not complimentary to the British Army related to Cyprus.

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Jamesj wrote:
There’s still a few Boys Rifles about. I was lucky enough to have a go with this one in its original 55cal at Lydd earlier this year. The owner has an engineering company make the heads for him.
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Have you got a bigger photo please?

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