Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by Enfield dated 1881 Converted in 1894 Thompson SMG He guided England through some

He guided England through some of her most glorious and powerful stages and came very close to joining the Confederate States in the uprising in 1861 against the Union government of Abraham Lincoln

The Americans constantly searched for higher muzzle velocities in their HMGs

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Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by Enfield dated 1881 Converted in 1894 Thompson SMG He guided England through someOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Martini Metford was effectively a Martini Henry Mk III rebarrelled to . 303 and with a new extractor installed. These conversions started in 1889, and used Metford rifled barrels, which were more than suitable for the first . 303 cartridges, which used black powder as a propellant. However, the Metford rifling wore out very quickly when fired with cordite nitrocellulose cartridges (introduced in 1895) and so in