Product Details
14 ORIGINAL BOXER MK111 ISSUE ROUNDS .577/450 ENFIELD AMMUNITION Introduced 1st October 1873, List of Change 2661 as the Cartridge, Small Arm, Ball, Rifle, Breech loading, Martini Henry Mark III. This cartridge was to become the standard military cartridge for the Martini rifle for the next twenty years. The powder chosen was R.F.G.2, manufactured at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey, Essex. Rifled Fine Grain 2, (R.F.G 2) was a quite coarse granular black powder that was graded through meshes approximately 12-14 meshes per inch.
To Overcome the Mk1's boxer cartridges' design weaknesses, the MkIII round was manufactured in a thicker brass sheet .0004' thick, internally an additional inner coil of brass was laminated into the bottom third of the case to re-enforce the joint, to ensure the inner strip had been fitted, a small 'view hole' was made in the case wall, ensuring the inspector could visibly see the presence of this strip. To strengthen the case further, a second base cup was added. the bullet was seated with two annular rings to clasp the bullet.
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Estimate £150-300
S1 - Sold under Section 1 of the 1968 Firearms Act