The Whitworth rifle, fired by The Queen at Wimbledon 2 Jul 1860

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The Whitworth rifle, fired by The Queen at Wimbledon 2 Jul 1860

Post by DuncaninFrance » Sun May 01, 2016 5:13 am

Now that's what I call Benchrest shooting!! :GBR:

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The first meeting of the N.R.A. was held at Wimbledon in 1860. The first shot was fired by Queen Victorial from a Whitworth rifle on a machine rest, at 400 yds., and struck the bull's-eye. The Whitworth muzzle-loading rifle won many of the important prizes at this and subsequent meetings prior to 1871. Its most important features, arrived at after exhaustive experiments, were a smaller bore of -450 in., with a twist of rifiing of one turn in 20 in., and an elongated mechanically fitting projectile. Long-range rifle construction is also largely indebted to Whitworth for the highly accurate and superior tools and processes introduced by him in this branch of manufacture
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