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Defence of the Realm’ ‘The British Soldiers Rifle 1800 to 2014’ by John Hutchins

This wheel is also marked SHERWOODS

a customer who purchased during that offering decided to trade in his now cleaned rifle towards another purchase

nicknamed the Flying Tigers

The manual says:

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