An attempt to modernise the Martini-Henry rifle, with firearms and weapon expert Jonathan Ferguson

The introduction of bolt action magazine rifles saw Britain's vast arsenal of relatively new Martini-Henrys quickly obsoleted. An ex-army officer, Charles Greville Harston, took it upon himself to come up with a cheap, simple solution. The solution was expensive, complicated and quickly surpassed by the introduction of the Lee Metford.

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