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  1. 04-12-2009, 10:12 #20
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    Default Re: how to use advance and fire?

    Quote Originally Posted by DisruptorX View Post
    Been a while since I last saw that one, didn't they have bolt actions?
    No they were armed with the Martini-Henry Rifle. Which was notorious for jamming when it was fired too rapidly and became hot.

    Whilst the writer of the following article dismisses this claim battlefield archeologists did find a significant number of discarded rifles on the battlefield of islandwana with cartridges jammed in their breechblocks.
    http://www.martinihenry.com/zulu-wars.htm
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