----------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------- | | MARTINI | ENFIELD- | SNIDER. | HENRY. | MARTINI. ----------------------------------+----------+-----------+----------- RIFLE. | | | | | | Length of Barrel | 39in. | 33³⁄₁₆in. | 33³⁄₁₆in. Length over all |4ft. 7in. |4ft. 1½in. |4ft. 1½in. Length with Bayonet |6ft. ½in. |5ft. 11½in.|5ft. 11½in. Weight with Bayonet |9lb. 14oz.| 9lb. 14oz.|10lb. 4oz. Weight without Bayonet | 9lb. | 9lb. | 9lb. 6oz. No. of Grooves in Barrel | 3 | 7 | 7 Calibre | .577 | .45 | .4 Twist of Rifling 1 turn in | 78in. | 22in. | 15in. Velocity of Muzzle per second | 1240ft. | 1315ft. | 1570ft. Trajectory at 500 yards | 11.35ft. | 8.594ft. | 6.704ft. Figure of Merit at 500 yards | 0.89ft. | 0.55ft. | 0.30ft. | | | AMMUNITION. | | | | | | Weight of Loaded Cartridge, grains| 715 | 758 | 718 Powder ” | 70 | 85 | 85 Bullet ” | 480 | 480 | 384 ----------------------------------+----------+-----------+-----------
DESCRIPTION OF ARMS USED BY OTHER COUNTRIES.
------------------+--------------------------+--------- COUNTRY. | DESCRIPTION. | CALIBRE. ------------------+--------------------------+--------- America, U.S. | Springfield | ·450 Austria | Werndl | ·433 Belgium | Albini Braendlin | Denmark | Remington | ·433 Egypt | Remington | ·433 France | Gras | ·433 France | Kropatschek Magazine Gun | | in Navy | ·433 Germany | Mauser | ·433 Greece | Gras | ·433 Holland | Beaumont | ·433 Italy | Vetterli | ·408 Norway and Sweden | Jarman | ·397 Portugal | Martini Henry | ·450 Roumania | Peabody Martini | ·450 Russia | Berdan | ·420 Servia | Berdan | ·420 Spain | Remington | ·433 Switzerland | Vetterli Magazine | ·409 Turkey | Peabody Martini | ·450 ------------------+--------------------------+---------
As it is essential that all arms made for the service should be interchangeable, the orders to the trade have been confined to the factories where the work is done exclusively by machinery, viz., to the Small Arms Company and National Arms Company in Birmingham, and to the London Small Arms Company, whose works are at Bow. The National Arms Company, which was incorporated in January, 1872, is no longer in existence, having gone into liquidation in December, 1882. With a paid up capital of £330,000 they erected gun works at Sparkbrook, and ammunition works at Holdford. The gun works have now been purchased by the Government, and the Holdford Works are on the market for sale. The same irregularity in the Government employment, which proved fatal to the National Arms Company, acted very prejudicially for both the other Companies. The Birmingham Company paid no dividend during the five years 1879-83, and a nominal one only in 1884.