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"What shall we do to pass the time away ?" asked one of the school young ladies. " Let's just giggle as usual." After all it appears by no means certain that the much-praised Mannlicher rifle will be able to stand the rough test of use in actual warfare. Out of 4000 men lately exercised with this rifle at Strasburg, it is said that only 500 managed to fire more than 10 consecutive rounds in consequence of the excessive heating of the barrel. A large number of the men were sent to the hospital, after the firing, suffering from injuries. Some experts declare that this excessive heating is caused by the jacketing pf the gun-barrel, and that the heat engendered by firing 100 rounds would be sufficient to strip the rifling from the barrel. Of course, the French are delighted to hear this.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5203, 9 February 1892, Page 3
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