REVOLVERS TESTED
MAKERS CONGRATULATED
AUSTRALIAN I'RODUCTJ ON A batch of service revolvers made by mass production methods in Australia was tested at Sydney lyBased on the Enfield six-chambered type of weapon, firing .38in ammunition, the revolvers are made entirely of Australian materials. After firing one ol' the revolvers at the proof range attached to the Sydney factory where they are made, Sir Phiiip Goldiineii, chairman of the New South Wales Area Board of Management, Ministry of Munitions, congratulated the management and workers. One of the visitors described the production of the revolvers as '"a masterpiece of improvisation." He said that the factory staff, unable to obtain the hundreds of lathes, machine tooth, fixtures and gauges required had made them themselves The cost is half that "of similar weapons in England.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 85, 31 July 1942, Page 2
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130REVOLVERS TESTED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 85, 31 July 1942, Page 2
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