Volunteer Items
The British War Office has commenced the issue of new rifles (the mark No. A Martini-Henri) to several Volunteer corps, and especially those equipped with sword bayonets. A, great improvement has been in-
truduced in .the sights, the' foresight being on an inclined plane so ' hat there is bo Mock to come into the line when taking- aim. The sword' is shorter than - formerly, and quits straight, with the knob of the spring (m-ule like a < L u : tim with a flat tup), on the front instead of on one back of th* hilt. The l#ver is much longer than in the rifles now in- use, and the i ear of the breach block is made differently. - there beiug no place for- thumb, and the block raised- so that the thumb can lie behind it.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18891119.2.20
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 65, 19 November 1889, Page 2
Word Count
137Volunteer Items Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 65, 19 November 1889, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in