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The new magazine rifle has been i issued to the infantry battalions, at Alder-hot, and meanwhile Sir Evelyn Wood has stopped the further in- ; struction of the younger Soldiers in the use of the Martini-Henri. After its several modifications the rifle as now to I>e issued weighs, with uiaga zinc empty, nine pounds aiid a half, i and the short double-edged sword hayonet adds barely another pound.. The magazine is ea.-ily placed in position uuder the stock, aud in front of the trigger is a handy box of sheet steel capable of holding eight cartridges, which may be inserted either when the magazine ia detached or iv position. By an ingenious arrangement the magazine while still attached cau be separated from the general actioti, and until the occurence of a critical moment, in which extra rapid firingis required, the rifle may be loaded and fired after the ordinary single shot fashion. (tor continuation. of Reading Matter see fourth page J
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 108, 6 March 1890, Page 3
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