The Mk1 Martini-Henry Rate of Fire Experiments

Posts : 600 Join date : 2013-09-18 Location : West Country

Skip to two minutes to the start of the Rapid fire experiment.

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Posts : 182 Join date : 2012-02-16 Location : northeast usa

very interesting video. thank you sir for posting. I wonder how many rounds they would have fired before they began to be difficult to operate?

Posts : 600 Join date : 2013-09-18 Location : West Country

Hello free1954,

BritishMuzzleloaders has posted quite a few video's on the MH and the rounds used. You may be interested in this one.

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There are many threads on that particular subject, Here is one such example. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

A quick search on this forum will bring up the answers you are looking for, failing that you could take a look at this site, its an excellent resource.
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Kind Regards
Waterloo

Posts : 182 Join date : 2012-02-16 Location : northeast usa

thank you sir for the reply and the links.

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