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	Martini-Henry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In their original chambering, the rifles fired a.451-inch calibre (11.455 mm) rimmed cartridge known today as the.577/450, which was a bottle-neck design with the same base as the.577 cartridge of the Snider-Enfield, and, with 85 grains (5.51 g) of powder, was notorious for its heavy recoil.
		However, before this was complete the decision was made to replace the Martini rifles with the.303 calibre bolt-action magazine Lee-Metford which gave a considerably higher maximum rate of fire.
		The rifle was used by the company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot present at Rorke's Drift during the eponymous battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martini-Henry (1230 words)

	The Martini Henry Mark II Rifle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The rifle was a combination of the falling block mechanism devised by Frederich Martini (1832-97), a Swiss gunsmith of Hungarian extraction and the seven-groove rifling devised by Edinburgh gunsmith Alexander Henry (1817-95).
		The Martini Henry improved the performance of the Snider in all departments, in tests it was found superior in muzzle velocity, range and stopping power.
		Martini Henry cartridges were packaged in a brown paper bundle, containing ten rounds in two rows of five.
	www.martinihenry.co.uk (2535 words)

	The New Martini-Enfield Rifle
		The bore of the Martini-Enfield is 0.40 inch in diameter, and is rifled with a ratchet rifling, the grooves being either seven or nine in number, and the twist one turn in 15 inches.
		As regards muzzle velocity, the French, Austrian, Russian, and German rifles are all superior to the Martini-Henry, and all inferior to the Martini-Enfield.
		Although rifling of Metford's design was not considered during the original Martini-Henry trials, it soon became clear that his barrels, rifled with five or seven grooves of segmental rifling so shalllow as to be hardly perceptable, shot so well that they could not be ignored.
	www.researchpress.co.uk /firearms/britain/martini/menf18840216sr.htm (2633 words)

	svartkrutt.net: The 577/.450 Martini-Henry Rifle - Part 1: Background History
		The Martini-Henry rifle was the British Empire’s first breech-loading military rifle that was not a conversion of a muzzleloader.
		The Peabody rifle’s breech block was lowered when the combined trigger guard and operating lever was lowered, but the external hammer with the old fashioned lock had to be cocked separately each time the gun was to be loaded.
		The Martini-Henry rifles are perhaps best known for their role in the wars against the Zulus in Africa and were made immortal in films like “Zulu” from 1964 starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker.
	www.svartkrutt.net /engmartinihenry1.php (1642 words)

	Brown Bess, Snider & Martini-Henry, colonial rifles
		The large actioned Martini-Henry rifles were used by the various colonial armed forces and police forces in Australia from 1871, originally in.450 calibre and in the closing years of the century in.303 calibre.
		These.303 Martinis were generally known as Martini-Metfords or Martini-Enfields, depending on their rifling pattern, and used the.303 cordite cartridge designed for the famous Lee-Enfield rifle used by the United Kingdom and its former colonies from about 1895 until around 1960.
		The.310 Cadet rifles were withdrawn in 1921 and cadets issued with the standard military.303 Lee-Enfields, although the stored Martini Cadets were re-issued to the militia in 1942 when Australia was in danger of being invaded by Japan in World War II.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-weapons/colonial.htm (2789 words)

	Historic Firearm of the Month, August 2000
		All rifles were deemed to have shown a sufficient degree of rapidity of fire, with the Bacon being the fastest, dispensing all rounds in 58 seconds and the Wilson in one minute 26 seconds.
		British Patent No. 2802 of 1860 covered this rifling and described it as a polygonal bore, the angles of which were broken by ribs and which created re-entering angles, the inscribing circle tangential to the ribs being described with the same radius as the inscribing circle tangential to the plane sides.
		On pressing the trigger to fire the rifle, the trigger nose is freed from the bent of the tumbler and the striker moves forward under the influence of the compressed mainspring, rotating both the tumbler and the axis pin, and ignites the primer.
	www.cruffler.com /historic-september00.html (3091 words)

	BSA Model No.4 Martini actioned rifle
		The high level of success of the.310 calibre miniature Martini rifles, in their heyday, can be ascertained by reading the details of the "Plater Incident" and other information on the page for the W.W. Greener miniature Martini rifles.
		The rifle is uncocked, and therefore the indicator is lying flush with the top of the action block and body.
		Whilst later wide-actioned BSA Martini models were devoid of the cocking indicator, Vickers Armstrong resurrected the system with their own Vickers Martini-actioned TARGET RIFLES in the 1920s and continued its use right through until the mid 1930s with the Vickers Champion rifle.
	www.rifleman.org.uk /BSA_Model_4.html (886 words)

	The Martini-Henry
		Martini's refinement of the design basically consisted of conversion to an internal coiled spring activated striker.
		Later in the British Martini's career, other rifling patterns such as the Metford System and even a system devised at Enfield were adopted.
		The primary reason for the milder load was that the recoil of the rifle load was very punishing when fired in a carbine, and this was found to be the cause of many failures in prototype carbines.
	www.martinihenry.com (720 words)

	Les Jones: Weekly Gun Nuttery - the Martini-Henry Rifle
		Also interesting is that site's page on Khyber Pass Martinis - Martini copies that were hand-made on small forges in the Khyber Pass region of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush between the 1890s and 1940s.
		The gun's Swiss inventor, Friedrich von Martini apparently had nothing to do with the gin and vermouth drink, but he was a car designer.
		Martini, their featured article was the Kammerlader, "the first Norwegian breech loading rifle," which is an odd weapon.)
	www.lesjones.com /posts/002704.shtml (280 words)

	Martini Bayonets
		Notice that its blade is slightly curved away from the muzzle of the rifle.
		Many Mark IV rifles were converted from Enfield-Martini.402 second pattern rifles, and thus, had no provision for mounting a socket bayonet.
		This pattern was designed for use primarily with the Lee-Metford Magazine Rifle, but was also used on Martini-Metford and Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbines, as well as other Martinis with the "Rigby" type nosecap.
	www.martinihenry.com /bayonets.htm (1311 words)

	eBay - henry hunting rifle, Hunting, Watches items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Martini Henry Rifle - Cocking indicator - circa 1877
		Martini Henry Rifle - Mk.1 Buttplate - circa 1872
		Martini Henry rifle - Tumbler - circa 1874
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=henry+hunting+rifle&... (284 words)

	svartkrutt.net: The .577/.450 Martini-Henry Rifle - Part 2: Loading and Shooting
		IV with the long lever, which means it was probably not used by the British Army, but by some of their native troops in one of the colonies.
		My rifle had a chip of wood missing from the butt and a little chip missing from the forestock, but was otherwise in good shootable condition.
		The old rifle was disassembled down to the smallest screw and the mechanism was bright and shiny on the inside.
	www.svartkrutt.net /engmartinihenry2.php (1153 words)

	BSA Small Action Martini Rifles
		The BSA small action martini came in several configurations, but the most commonly found are the Cadet model, as sold to Australia for training rifles, and the standard martini, used in nearly all of the target and sporting rifles.
		None of BSA martini rifles were marked with the model number, so we have to use our best judgement to classify them.
		Like most BSA martini rifles, it has a hole in the rear of the receiver which allows the barrel to be cleaned from the breech end.
	www.adamsguns.com /martini.htm (1266 words)

	RiflesMartini
		The rifle is practically identical with the Turkish M.1874, except for the markings.
		Information about this rifle is still insufficient, but the most common opinion is that only few hundred of guns of this pattern were manufactured for the Government of Nepal (every rifle I have examined in the past had a three digit serial number in Nepalese characters).
		The rifle should have a distinctive receiver disassembly catch, which was replaced by crudely made iron pin (please, see pictures of the right side of the receiver).
	www.collectiblefirearms.com /RiflesMartini.html (1251 words)

	Henry Martini Rifle Sale
		Martini henry rifle gun broker PC suzuki katana racing...
		The Martini Gallery is dedicated to the exchange of information between Martini shooters and collectors.
		Martinis have become somewhat scarce in the past few years.
	www.bar-at-home.com /41/henry-martini-rifle-sale.html (393 words)

	☞ military - Military Rifles Online Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		To be recognized as a service rifle, a rifle must not only be a US military rifle,...
		Rifles: Winchester 94, Remington 700, SKS, AK-47 and AK-74 assault...
		This section is intended to give a brief overview of the general issue military rifles, used by various nations during the XX century.
	www.military-101.info /d/militaryrifles (1153 words)

	BOB ADAMS - MARTINI SALES LIST
		Rear of receiver bored through by factory so rifle can be cleaned from the breech.
		Rear of receiver bored through so rifle can be cleaned from the breech.
		All commercial model BSA Small Action Martinis are drilled and tapped on the tang for these sights.
	www.adamsguns.com /0s.htm (544 words)

	Turkish Peabody Martini
		The specifications were that the rifle be an exact duplicate of the British Martini-Henry, which was the Mark I at the time.
		But then, that should be the proper nomenclature for the British rifle as well.
		(the rifle is pointed to the left) with pin retaining screws removed.
	www.militaryrifles.com /Turkey/TPeabMar.htm (592 words)

	Martini-Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The M-H was made at Enfield in 1883 and is chambered for the original 577-450 cartridge (one can be seen to the left of the rifle).
		The M-E was originally a BSA Co. Mk II M-H made in 1876.
		It was converted to the M-E pattern by Enfield in 1900 and now chambers the smokeless 303 cartridge (an example can be seen between the two rifles).
	www.teddydog.org /martini-henry.html (291 words)

	British Military Equipments, specializing in rare P1860 oil bottle
		The P1860 oil bottles, and the brass muzzle stoppers are some of the rarest Enfield rifle appendages.
		This pattern, and the subsequent (seamless) pattern, were both issued with the Enfield rifle, Snider-Enfield rifle, Martini-Henry rifle.
		This item was issued with all P1853 rifles, and continued on with the Snider-Enfield's.
	www.britishmilitaryequipments.com (721 words)

	Antique Arms, Inc. - British Military Mark IV Martini Rifle
		This is a nice example of the British Military's final version of the Martini Henry rifle.
		The cartouches on the right side of the stock are excellent, very sharp and not hazy...about as nice of cartouches on an Enfield as you will ever find.
		Action is nice and the bore is Excellent: mirror bright with sharp rifling and no pits...this would be difficult to improve upon.
	www.antiquearmsinc.com /military-mark-iv-martini-rifle.htm (212 words)

	British Martini Henry Rifle - International Military Antiques
		The Martini Henry, probably the most famous military rifle of the Victorian era incorporating the early short lever with 33" barrel in the new.45 caliber.
		This was the first manufactured breech loader to be adopted for general issue by the British Army.
		Internationally known for its role in the movies ZULU and ZULU DAWN, it should be noted that at the Battle of Isandhlnana in January 1879 where the British lost its entire command of 1300 men, the Zulu's suffered in excess of 2000 casualties.
	www.ima-usa.com /index.php/cPath/29_61 (393 words)

	The Martini Resource List
		Military Breech-Loading Rifles with detailed notes on the Snider and Martiny-Henry Rifles and Boxer Ammunition - Capt. V.D. Majendie and Capt. C.O. Browne.
		Covers Martini rifle by Braendlin Armoury Co. chambered for a fl powder express cartridge.
		A study of Daw’s and Boxer’s cartridges and their adoption by the War Office to proceed through Snider, Martini-Henry rifle and carbine loads and the shot and blank variants.
	www.researchpress.co.uk /firearms/britain/martini (693 words)

	British P-1885 .450/.577cal Martini Henry Rifle: Long Lever - International Military Antiques
		The great success of the P-1871 Martini Henry Short Lever Rifle had only been marred by the occasional difficulty experienced with the ejection of the spent cartridge from powder residue fouling the chamber.
		NOTE: All Muskets, Rifles, Display Machine Guns, Machine Gun Part Sets and any firearm sold by I.M.A are non-firing and completely inoperable or were manufactured before 1898 and deemed "Antique Firearms".
		Great rifle - and was an interesting and challenging reloadi..
	www.ima-usa.com /product_info.php/cPath/29_61/products_id/576 (410 words)

	Bibliography of Cartridge and Ammunition Books
		Rifle Ammunition: Being Notes on the Manufactures Connected therwith, as Conducted in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
		The Comparative Merits of the Martini Rifle and the Westley Richards Rifle and Ammunition, etc..
		Projectile Weapons of War and explosive compounds, including some new resources of warfare, with especial reference to rifled ordnance, in their chief known varieties: with the authenticated weight, measurement, and mode of construction of Armstrong's wrought iron breech-loading guns, together with an account of their shells and fuses, illustrated by descriptive drawings.
	www.cartridgecollectors.org /bibliography.htm (4237 words)

	1885 .450/.577 Martini-Henry Rifle, Black Powder, Martini-Henry, Nepal Nepalese Collectible Collectable Firearm Relic ...
		Click here to view the incredible story of the military relics uncovered after more than 100 years, and see all the available military relics...
		The great success of the 1871 Martini-Henry Short Lever Rifle had only been marred by the occasional difficulty with the ejection of the spent cartridge because of powder residue fouling the chamber.
		Hand Selected is the premium choice, meaning you will receive the very best gun in a rack of 50 or more guns.
	www.sportsmansguide.com /cb/cb.asp?a=120256 (355 words)

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		This has been done to focus public attention on a matter of such universal advantage, so that the people may arise with all their energies to further it, until, God helping them, this Sacred Land may within a brief period become the first of nations.
		For example at this writing, in the year 1292 A.H.+F37 they have invented a new rifle in Germany and a bronze cannon in Austria, which have greater firepower than the Martini-Henry rifle and the Krupp cannon, are more rapid in their effects and more efficient in annihilating humankind.
		The staggering cost of it all must be borne by the hapless masses.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bhi/abdulbaha/sdc01.txt (16363 words)

	Bsa martini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Saw a pic of a New appearing BSA Target rifle = NOT a Martini action, this one'sa boltaction heavy barreled singleshot with a target style stock and target.
		The Martini action has been retained, withan Enfield rifled bsa martini.
		I also have a BSA Martini rook rifle that I am rebarreling in.
	www.lookfurnishings.com /bsa+martini.html (302 words)

	Who needs a Martini? - THR
		The Martini Henry, probably the most famous military rifle of the Victorian era incorporating the early âshortâ lever (bottom in picture) with 33â barrel in the new.45 calibre.
		Hatcher's Notebook Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson African Rifles and Cartridges Sixguns, by Keith M14 Rifle Book of the Garand Cartridges of the World
		I say that as the owner of 7(?), 8(?) Martinis of various types and calibers.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=42582 (705 words)

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