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	The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was founded in 1861 by fourteen gunsmiths in Birmingham, England, to supply ...
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was founded in 1861 by fourteen gunsmiths in Birmingham, England, to supply arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
		The company continued after the conflict but branched out into other fields; in the 1880s the company began to manufacture bicycles and in 1903 the company's first experimental motorcycle was constructed.
		Their first prototype automobile was produced in 1907 and the next year the company sold 150 automobiles.
	www.birminghamuk.com /wikipedia/Birmingham_Small_Arms_Company.htm (443 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Born in Oldbury near Birmingham, William Tranter was the eldest son of a flsmith.
		Birmingham was for many years the centre of arms manufacture in England and in 1830, at the age of 14, Tranter was apprenticed to the gunsmithing firm of Hollis Bros & Company.
		As a prominent member of the Birmingham small arms trade he was called as a witness before a parliamentary committee on small arms in 1854.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=William_Tranter (882 words)

	Birmingham Small Arms Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment, and still exists as an airgun sport manufacturer and distributor.
		BSA was founded in 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England by fourteen gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association, who had together supplied arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
		The company branched out as the gun trade declined; in the 1880s the company began to manufacture bicycles and in 1903 the company's first experimental motorcycle was constructed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_Small_Arms_Company (1416 words)

	B.S.A. History booklet 1914
		This was shortly followed in 1861 by the members of the Birmingham small arms trade consolidating themselves under the title of The Birmingham Small Arms Company.
		The munition resources of Birmingham being thus co-ordinated, a factory was erected at Small Heath for the manufacture of small arms by machinery.
		In 1896 the Small Heath Works were largely extended to enable the Company to better deal with the rapidly growing demand for B.S.A. cycle components, for though B.S.A. parts had only been on the market a very short time, the Company had achieved a great reputation for good and accurate work in cycle manufacture.
	www.rifleman.org.uk /BSA_early_history.htm (4094 words)

	Birmingham Small Arms Company - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of military equipment and vehicles.
		BSA was founded in 1861 by fourteen gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association, England, who had together supplied arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
		The company branched out as the gun trade declined; in the 1880s the company began to manufacture bicycles and in 1903 the company's first experimental motorcycle was constructed.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Birmingham_Small_Arms_Company (806 words)

	The Birmingham Small Arms Company
		Although the fame of Birmingham swords had already spread abroad—a traveller visiting Milan and noting the "fine works of steel there" observed that "they could be had better and cheaper in Birmingham" — it had not apparently reached London, and the British Army was still equipped with Dutch weapons.
		Finally, at a meeting of members of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade in June, 1861, it was resolved to form a company, "The Birmingham Small Arms Company", to manufacture euns by machinery.
		With the passing of the years the company, directors and workers alike, indeed the whole of the Birmingham gun trade, came to feel, with some justice, that, except in times of national crisis, they were doomed to be the unwilling sacrifice on the altar of Enfield, which remained the principal Government source of small arms.
	rifleman.org.uk /Birmingham_Small_Arms_Co.htm (3066 words)

	British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, BSA
		Arms manufacture continued until 1879 when a drop in sales caused the company to try other sources of income.
		BSA who closed their Montgomery Street factory in Birmingham and transferred all production to Daimler's premises held all the shares in the new company.
		BSA chief Edward Turner considered several schemes to utilise the company's 250 cc engine, one of which was a three-wheel car.
	www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=178 (531 words)

	Birmingham Small Arms Company at AllExperts
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment.
		BSA was founded in 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England by fourteen gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association, who had together supplied arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
		The company branched out as the gun trade declined; in the 1880s the company began to manufacture bicycles and in 1903 the company's first experimental motorcycle was constructed.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/bi/birmingham_small_arms_company.htm (1248 words)

	Royal Small Arms Factory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A UK government-owned rifle factory, which was to be later known as the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), Enfield which has produced British military rifles and muskets since 1804.
		It was built on the instructions of the Board of Ordnance on marsh land at Enfield Lock, on the banks of the River Lea, round about the end of the Napoleonic War.
		Almost all the weapons in which the Royal Small Arms Factory had a hand in design or production carry either the word Enfield or the letters EN in their name; Bren (Brno + Enfield), the Enfield revolver, the Lee-Enfield, Sten (Shepherd Turpin + Enfield) and the Polsten guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Small_Arms_Factory (495 words)

	Small Arms - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Small Arms, firearms that may be both carried and discharged by one person, as opposed to artillery weapons.
		In the United States, the federal government and all states have laws regulating the ownership and use of firearms.
		Through the 1950s most of the motorcycles in North America were manufactured by Harley-Davidson or by British manufacturers, such as the Birmingham...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Small_Arms.html (134 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The outcome of this looming threat was the calling in June 1861 of a meeting of the Birmingham producers.
		The establishment of the Birmingham Small Arms factory was not a smooth-going process and, paradoxically, the first major order came from Turkey; and it was for 50,000 Lee Enfield model rifles.
		Much of it was due to the personalities and attitudes of the small, but radical, cabal leading the major steel unions, and the rather vacillating and concession-granting response of the politicians.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/weapons/bsa.htm (1373 words)

	B.S.A. history
		Arms manufacture continued until 1879 when a drop in sales caused the company to try other sources of income.
		BSA who closed their Montgomery Street factory in Birmingham and transferred all production to Daimler's premises held all the shares in the new company.
		BSA chief Edward Turner considered several schemes to utilise the company's 250cc engine, one of which was a three-wheel car.
	www.histomobile.com /histomob/internet/325/histo02.htm (509 words)

	Firearms Enquiries \| Proof of Shotguns and Small Arms \| Page 1 of 9
		"Small arms" includes explosive-operated small arms of every description, whether of present use or future invention, adapted for the discharge of shot, bullet or other projectile.
		Proof is the compulsory and statutory testing of every new shotgun or other small arm before sale, to ensure so far as is practicable, its safety in the hands of the user.
		The Birmingham Proof House was established for public security in 1813 by Act of Parliament, requested and obtained by the Birmingham Gun Trade at its own expense.
	www.met.police.uk /firearms-enquiries/proof1.htm (423 words)

	OUTDOORS - Yellow Pages
		The object of forming a company was to begin making small arms by machinery to meet the growing competition from the mechanised government factory at Enfield.
		A 25 acre site was brought at Small Heath, at that time just outside the Birmingham boundary, and two years later the factory was in operation.
		By 1866 the company could record a profit of £7,000 and in a few short years - aided by the turbulent international politics of the time - it became the largest private arms manufacturer in Europe.
	www.outdoorsyp.com /customers.asp?ID=9000030 (904 words)

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		The object of forming a company was to begin making small amis by machinery to meet the growing competition from the mechanised government factory at Enfield.
		By 1866 the company could record a profit of £7,000 and in a few short years -aided by the turbulent international politics of the time - it became the largest private arms manufacturer in Europe.
		A small contract enabled the works to be opened again, however, and in 1880 fate took a hand in the shape of an inventor, a Mr.
	www.bsaoptics.com /company.aspx (867 words)

	British_Enfield_Oiler_Makers
		The Birmingham Small Arms Co. was formed in 1861 and construction of the plant at Small Heath began that same year.
		This ammunition company was formed in 1890 at Kings Noton; it owned its own rolling mills and had a loading plant at Abbey Wood in Kent The KN headstamp appears on a wide variety of WWI military contract.303 caliber ammunition.
		The London Small Arms Company was formed in 1866 and had their factory at the Victoria Mills, Old Ford Road, in London until 1921 when they moved to the Albion Works, Ossary Road.
	www.enfield-stuff.com /oilers/makers_marks/oiler_makers_England.htm (1704 words)

	BACKGROUNDER: Designs Through Time (company profiles)
		In 1991 BSA Company was merged with Andover Norton International Ltd., to form a new BSA Group and in December 1994, the BSA Regal Group was formed.
		In 1927/1928, the company was absorbed by Peugeot.
		The 1950s was to be a key decade in the history of the company from Mandello with a series of ingenious futuristic motorcycles, a kind hybrid of the scooter and the high wheel motorcycle, with names such as the Galletto, the Zigolo, and then in 1956 the Lodola.
	www.albanyinstitute.org /news/moto.profiles.htm (3035 words)

	etyres mobile tyres fitting service in Gun Quarter Birmingham
		During the early to mid 17th century Birmingham's population numbered only several thousand, the town was home to many foundries and workshops that made a wide variety of metalware, including guns.
		The Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association had supplied many of the guns during this period, and in 1861 fourteen of these gun smiths formed the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA).
		Due to the UK's severely restrictive laws regarding gun ownership, including sporting arms, there is only a small commercial market for firearms in the United Kingdom; consequently, the majority of Birmingham's gun manufacture today is for the air gun sports trade, which first began in the city during the late 19th century.
	www.etyres.co.uk /town-descriptions/tyres-gun-quarter-birmingham.htm (1054 words)

	Arthur Neville Chamberlain
		In 1911, he was elected to the City Council as representative of All Saints Ward and was appointed first chairman of the Town Planning Committee and member of the Public Health and Housing Committees.
		The City Orchestra, later the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), was largely his idea, as was the setting up of a local city-run bank for ordinary citizens.
		This became known as the Birmingham Municipal Bank, which was introduced, despite opposition by the joint stock banks, and became very successful.
	www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=823&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=15 (283 words)

	The Federal Enfield by Tony Beck
		When federal and state purchasing agents descended on merry old England, they found an arms industry quite different from that in the U.S. The Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield had been established for only about 50 years at the outbreak of the War Between the States.
		For most of the 19th century, the armory was mainly a center for ordinance research and a depot for parts made by a wide array of contractors.
		The largest was the "Birmingham Small Arms Trade" of that city, which grew into BSA.
	www.civilwarguns.com /enf2a1.html (1195 words)

	Famous Brummies and others that worked or lived in Birmingham.
		In 1811 he was elected high bailiff of Birmingham and subsequently became concerned with fairer representation in the House of Commons.
		Attwood and fifteen others met to form the Birmingham Political Union for the Protection of Public Rights Union for the Protection of Public Rights 14 December 1829; the BPU united the middle-and lower-classes in the movement for fairer representation in parliament and became a major influence on the government's passing of the Reform Act 1832.
		Matthew Boulton, son of a silver-worker was born in Birmingham 1728.
	www.virtualbrum.co.uk /people.htm (4305 words)

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		Jordan was assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1-187 Infantry Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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	Birmingham Small Arms Company Information
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment.
		BSA was founded in 1861 in the Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England by fourteen gunsmiths of the Birmingham Small Arms Trade Association, who had together supplied arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
		The Daimler company produced cars for BSA from 1910 to 1915, and 1921 to 1960, when Lanchester Motor Company cars also became part of the BSA.
	www.bookrags.com /Birmingham_Small_Arms_Company (943 words)

	DLOC : Daimler & Lanchester Car Club
		The three companies whose various products have borne their names for more than a century prided themselves in being not only amongst the very first motor manufacturers in Britain, but all three cherished their reputations for quality and exclusivity.
		The diversity of the company's output over a 50 year period is prodigious, with technical innovations such as the sleeve valve engine in 1908, and the development of the preselective gearbox with a âfluid flywheel'.
		Probably best known for their small arms, cycles and motorcycles, they were serious players in the car market from 1913 when they took over Daimler, which was strengthened by acquisition of Lanchester in 1931.
	www.dloc.org.uk /the_cars/index.aspx (1161 words)

	Business \| BSA fights for survival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the most famous names in British engineering history is struggling for survival after administrators were called in at subsidiaries of BSA Holdings - a direct descendant of the old Birmingham Small Arms Company, which dates back to the Crimean War.
		The move follows the appointment of administrators at BSA Metal Powders, BSA Precision Castings and the property company that owns the site occupied by the castings business and the headquarters of the BSA holding company.
		Birmingham Small Arms was set up by 14 master gunsmiths to supply arms to British troops fighting in the Crimea.
	business.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5311757-108725,00.html (180 words)

	BSA and Lincoln Jefferies Air Rifles
		The Birmingham Small Arms Company was responsible for manufacturing a range of air rifles between 1904 - 1918.
		The original design for this underlever was patented by Lincoln Jeffries, gunmaker; patent number 8761, 12 March 1904.
		In early 1905, Lincoln Jeffries and BSA signed a contract agreeing the BSA company would manufacture the rifles and market them under their own brand and a number would be finished, to a higher standard, by Lincoln Jeffries and sold under his name.
	www.prmay.demon.co.uk /PRMay/bsa/intro.html (187 words)

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