UTILITY OF TURKISH RIFLES.
A returned soldier says: “ Our crack shots use I’urkish rifles and ammunition, which, for sniping, have many advantages. Sergeant-major Buckley, of the Manchester, whose.name has appeared in the prize lists at Bisley on numerous occasions, is a great believer in the Turkish rifle, and used it all the time he was on the Peninsula. It has a lower trajectory, while the velocity is higher, the bullet heavier, and the bore larger than ours. The bolt action is of polished steel, and not so liable to become clogged w'itli sand as our own, and does not lequire nearly so much oil. The Turkish rifle is point-blank at 400 yards, while the rifle used by the New Zealand infantry is only so at 200 yards, and the latrst British rifle at about 350 yards.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5258, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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136UTILITY OF TURKISH RIFLES. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XX, Issue 5258, 18 October 1915, Page 3
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