William Tranter (1816 – January 7, 1890) was a British gunmaker and gun designer famous for inventing the Tranter revolver. Born in Oldbury in Worcestershire...
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The Tranter revolver was a double-action cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816–1890). Originally...
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John Spinks (academic) (redirect from John William Tranter Spinks)
John William Tranter Spinks, CC MBE SOM (1 January 1908 – 27 March 1997) was President of the University of Saskatchewan from 1960 to 1975. Born in Norfolk...
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footballer William Tranter (1816–1890), British gunmaker and gun designer Walter Tranter (1874–1945), English footballer Battle of Tranter's Creek Tranter (revolver)...
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Webley Revolver (redirect from .500 Tranter)
revolvers, and other top-break revolvers manufactured by gunmakers such as William Tranter, and Kynoch.[citation needed] The standard-issue Webley revolver at...
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Firearms United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company A. Uberti, Srl. William Tranter Webley & Scott Dan Wesson Firearms Mateba Autorevolver Colt Anaconda...
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Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was a writer of a wide range of books on castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history...
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the firm of William Tranter of Birmingham, whose design it actually was. Webley was just one of several firms licensed to use Tranter's double-action...
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America during the latter's Civil War. One of the main suppliers was William Tranter, who supplied revolvers to the Confederate forces. General Custer is...
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of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, The Black Douglas and others, while dovetailing the events of his novel with historical fiction. Nigel Tranter wrote...
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