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Those were the days

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:26 pm
by Racalman
Just back from a trip to Gibraltar. Timed it wrong as The Island Games start there next week and I could have watched the shooting ****

I was doing some research in the Garrison Library and came across this newspaper advert for Eley ammunition from 1868:
eley 1.jpg
I'd never thought of .451 calibre as smallbore ...

Re: Those were the days

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:04 pm
by dromia
Well it was when in came in as the issue calibre was .577".