BRITISH ARMY RIFLE.
- —.—« - X NEW CARTRIDGE. . 8j Teleeraoli—Press Association—CoDyrtehl 9 ' (R?c. February 20, 9.55 p.m.) London, February 20. s "The Times" states that the War Of--1 flco has adopted the new mark seven cart- - ridge with tubular cordite pointed bul- - let At eight hundred yards it has a i maximum trajectory of eight hundred (? SO) inches,'as compared with 82 inches • of the German Spitze bullet and 160 - inches of the English mark six. " "The Times" condemns the weak bolt 1 action of the British rifle, and demands a design capable of withstanding a high velocity cartridge without waiting for the automatic rifle, now under consideration.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 5
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105BRITISH ARMY RIFLE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1057, 21 February 1911, Page 5
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