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    The MartiniHenry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually...
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    Also known as 11.43x60R (61R) The .577/450 MartiniHenry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge. It was the standard British service cartridge...
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  • champion quartet MARTINI, a molecular dynamics force field in chemistry Mārtiņi, a Latvian holiday MartiniHenry, a rifle Embajador Martini, an Argentine...
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    Martini–Enfield rifles were, by and large, conversions of the .577/450 MartiniHenry rifle, rechambered for use with the newly introduced .303 British...
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  • by South African units) Marlin M1894[citation needed] Martini–Enfield Mk I and Mk II MartiniHenry Mk IV Remington M1901 Rolling Block Remington Model 14-1/2...
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    Friedrich von Martini (24 March 1833 – 29 January 1897) was a Swiss engineer and inventor, for whom the influential MartiniHenry rifle was named in part...
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    favour of the MartiniHenry, in the mid-1870s. The design continued in use with colonial troops into the 20th century. The MartiniHenry rifle was adopted...
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    The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive and/or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of...
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  • Martini-Henry (1880–1903) was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1883 Melbourne Cup at only his second career start. He was the first New...
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    the first generation of Martini-Henry cartridges. Later cartridges (after the design had been proved with the Martini-Henry cartridges) were made from...
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  • The Martini Henry Rifles were a British noise-punk band based in Cardiff, Wales. Most of their quoted influences are noise and punk (most noticeably Brainiac...
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    Alexander Henry (1818–1894) was a Scottish gun maker, based in Edinburgh, and designer of the Henry rifling and barrel used in the MartiniHenry rifle. He...
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  • 1853 Enfield muzzle-loading rifles, and used it until 1880 when the MartiniHenry rifle began to supersede it. The British Indian Army used the Snider–Enfield...
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  • back!' The company was unable to obtain enough historically authentic Martini-Henry rifles for all of the extras, and had to use additional later Lee Enfields...
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    rifle was converted to the Snider–Enfield. The introduction of the Martini-Henry rifle saw a new 1871 Pattern cutlass bayonet introduced. Though some...
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    substitute for the MartiniHenry, which was at the time in short supply. The Swinburn–Henry had the same barrel as the MartiniHenry with Henry pattern 7-groove...
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  • Australian military Cadets. Although considered a miniature version of the MartiniHenry, the internal mechanism was redesigned by Auguste Francotte to permit...
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    rifles. The British and colonial troops were armed with the modern MartiniHenry breechloading rifle and two 7-pounder mountain guns deployed as field...
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  • 120 rifle-calibre Maxims using the same .577/450 ammunition as the MartiniHenry rifles. Wolseley had previously led military expeditions in Africa (the...
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  • developed by A-Square in 1993 for big game hunting in Africa .577/450 MartiniHenry, a black powder, centerfire round used by the British and British Empire...
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    the British Army in 1888), the Lee–Enfield superseded the earlier MartiniHenry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee-Metford rifles. It featured a ten-round box magazine...
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    seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford. It replaced the MartiniHenry as the standard service rifle of the British Empire in 1888, following...
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    Krag–Petersson rifle. Section of the MartiniHenry The Martini-Henry, showing the breech open and closed The Martini-Henry Mk 1 The Peabody rifle, which has...
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    encountered Khyber Pass copies are of British military firearms, notably MartiniHenry, Martini–Enfield, and Lee–Enfield rifles, although AK-47 rifles, Webley Revolvers...
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    out of hand. The Afghans used the original and copy of Martini-Henry rifles. The MartiniHenry was copied on a large scale by North-West Frontier Province...
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    the previous, large-bore service cartridge it replaced, the .577/450 Martini-Henry. With the energy on impact roughly the same, the wounds caused by the...
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    resorted to crouching under the wall, trying to get hold of the defenders' MartiniHenry rifles, slashing at British soldiers with assegais or firing their weapons...
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  • The Gahendra Rifle is a .577/450 MartiniHenry breech loading military rifle manufactured by gunsmiths of the Nepal Army under the direction of General...
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    Powder Express .502 Thunder Sabre .505/.404 Stewart .510 Beck .577/450 MartiniHenry .577/500 Nitro Express .577/500 No 2 Black Powder Express .505 Gibbs...
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    Retrieved 10 August 2022. "British Military Small Arms Ammo - .45 Martini-Henry Solid Case Rifle". Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved...
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