Re: Thoughts on Veldtgrunt-- SG2 Zulu Wars

In a message dated 11/17/00 4:15:10 PM Central Standard Time,
andy@cowell.org 
writes:

> (Mind you, I saw later M-H models were recalibrated to .303, leading
to,
> I believe, the great quote from "Breaker Morant," "They were executed
> 

The Australians carried the Lee-Enfield .303, though there may well have
been 
.303 adptations of the Martini-Henry, but this would require an entirely
new 
barrel I believe, since by the turbn of the century the British were
using 
smokeless powder in the Lee-Enfield, and a simple re-chambering would 
probably not result in an adequately strong barrle to handle the
increased 
velocity and muzzle energy.