As showing the rapidity with which the Martini-Henry rifle can be used, and its precision in good hands, the English papers state that recently at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, Corporal Andrews, of the26fci Kent Rifle Yolnnteers —who is unsurpassed as a rapid marksman with the Martini-Henry rifle at tiie £OO yards range—fired no ltss tha™ 50 tim;s in the space of three minutes, and landed all hut five of his shots on the target.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 120, 8 September 1876, Page 2
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74Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 120, 8 September 1876, Page 2
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