MODERN RIFLE
SELF LOADING APPARATUS. MORE ACCURATE SHOOTING. London, July 15. After protracted trial? the B.S.A. Thomp>n rifle won the British Governments 3DGO prize for a satisfactory self-loading fle, says the Daily News. It is of simple instruction and easy to handle enabling » shots per minute which is almost twice » many as the present hand-operated rifle; Iso more accurate shooting is claimed, atked up with the modern machine-gun ie new rifle will be sufficient to meet any ■quirement of modern battle tactics.—Ausalian Pres- Association—United Service.
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Southland Times, Issue 20540, 17 July 1928, Page 7
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85MODERN RIFLE Southland Times, Issue 20540, 17 July 1928, Page 7
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