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I noticed that during the firing-squad scene the soldiers load their Lee-Enfield rifles with a roundnose round. Yet in other scenes you can clearly see the pointy type round ("Spitzerbullet") in the ammo pouches of the British soldiers. I do not know much about roundnoses and spitzer bullets, but did the British forces use exclusively either roundnose or spitzer during the boer-war? [[User:Dudster32|Dudester32]] ([[User talk:Dudster32|talk]]) 14:35, 4 February 2015 (EST) | I noticed that during the firing-squad scene the soldiers load their Lee-Enfield rifles with a roundnose round. Yet in other scenes you can clearly see the pointy type round ("Spitzerbullet") in the ammo pouches of the British soldiers. I do not know much about roundnoses and spitzer bullets, but did the British forces use exclusively either roundnose or spitzer during the boer-war? [[User:Dudster32|Dudester32]] ([[User talk:Dudster32|talk]]) 14:35, 4 February 2015 (EST) | ||
:According to [http://www.dave-cushman.net/shot/303hist.html this], the British did not adopt a spitzer .303 round (Mark VII) until 1910, well after the Boer War. They even adopted a new round-nosed bullet (Mark VI) after the war. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 15:13, 4 February 2015 (EST) | |||
Revision as of 20:13, 4 February 2015
Boer Commandos
The real Lt. Harry 'Breaker' Morant
Additional Lee Enfield information.
At least some of the rifles used in the film were actually SMLE Mk.I No. III's that had the front furniture altered to resemble Mk. Is. They used the early ones with the magazine cut-offs and replaced the bolts with the No. Is. I know this from having the opportunity to buy one at a gun show after the film was made. There were 4 up for sale. If you look at the shot of the Firing Squad you will notice that the barrels are somewhat shorter. The No. I rifle was about 3 ins. longer than the No. III. 110.175.208.235
.303 roundnose?
I noticed that during the firing-squad scene the soldiers load their Lee-Enfield rifles with a roundnose round. Yet in other scenes you can clearly see the pointy type round ("Spitzerbullet") in the ammo pouches of the British soldiers. I do not know much about roundnoses and spitzer bullets, but did the British forces use exclusively either roundnose or spitzer during the boer-war? Dudester32 (talk) 14:35, 4 February 2015 (EST)
- According to this, the British did not adopt a spitzer .303 round (Mark VII) until 1910, well after the Boer War. They even adopted a new round-nosed bullet (Mark VI) after the war. --Funkychinaman (talk) 15:13, 4 February 2015 (EST)