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Following the principles established by Joseph Whitworth in the 1850's, gunmakers developed a special class of 'small-bore' target rifle for long range shooting. The majority of these rifles were around .451 calibre, and the term 'small-bore' was used to distinguish them from the 'large-bore' service rifle of .577 calibre. More... |
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Illustrated above is a Rigby match rifle. |
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