When the British .service rifle bursts, due to an obstruction in the barrel] the breach usually open's at the extractor cut, and the bolt-head turns outwards. In similar conditions, the Mannlicher (used by Aus-tro-Hungary, Itoumania, and Holland) usually bursts in-front of the chamber, and the Mauser (Germany and Spain) blows out at the top of the breach, or the bolt face is blown off.: . ..'. ■ • ■ ■ You wouldn’t buy “cheap” eggs: then whv buy cheap-tyres ? CLINCHER TYRES, tho all-British tyre, is not. the cheapest, but the least expensive.*
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4709, 6 November 1917, Page 5
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