daniel (australia)
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MJ
Two words can so change the impact of a photograph. What might have been impressive can be lessened...
DMK
Enfield rifling is what we'd now recognise as fairly conventional: square grooves, usually an odd number (originally 5 on the Lee Enfields), of a width roughly equal to the width of the lands. Top right in the pic below for example:
FWIW there were a good number of rifling styles tried in Britain in the late 19th century, and these are but a few examples.
Two words can so change the impact of a photograph. What might have been impressive can be lessened...
DMK
Enfield rifling is what we'd now recognise as fairly conventional: square grooves, usually an odd number (originally 5 on the Lee Enfields), of a width roughly equal to the width of the lands. Top right in the pic below for example:
FWIW there were a good number of rifling styles tried in Britain in the late 19th century, and these are but a few examples.