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  • The Martini-Henry was a single-shot weapon, but a good rifleman could fire six rounds in half a minute. [p. 284] 8.

    Watershed 2010

  • The Martini-Henry was a single-shot weapon, but a good rifleman could fire six rounds in half a minute. [p. 284] 8.

    Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

  • The Martini-Henry is the black powder predecessor and it will not be long before I buy one or two of them.

    Armed Canadian 2008

  • The son of Panic was also twice placed in the Melbourne Cup, running third to Martini-Henry and First Water in 1883 with 10 st [one]. 1 lb. on his back, and second to Malua with 9 st. 12 lb. up in the following year.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • My man Delmer is an expert shot with the .450 Martini-Henry.

    Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

  • They cross into Kafiristan with twenty Martini-Henry rifles, manage to dupe the king, defeat his enemies in war, and take over the kingdom.

    Obama's AfPak Dilemma: The Man Who Would Be King Or A Noble Peacemaker? 2009

  • The Ansar simply ran in close formation toward the British lines, in a human tide so densely packed that the rapid fire of Martini-Henry carbines appeared to have no effect.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The Ansar simply ran in close formation toward the British lines, in a human tide so densely packed that the rapid fire of Martini-Henry carbines appeared to have no effect.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • The Ansar simply ran in close formation toward the British lines, in a human tide so densely packed that the rapid fire of Martini-Henry carbines appeared to have no effect.

    Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

  • There was a current story, too, of his shooting, in the pride of his marksmanship, at his own door with a Martini-Henry rifle116 till he had shot the knocker off.

    Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965

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