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rings. Worn spindle arms would fail to hold empty cases on ejection, and worn pivot pins could cause barrels to become loose, resulting in inaccuracy. Its deep rifling would allow firing of slugs of between .449 and .476 in (11.4 and 12.1 mm) diameter. Complaints began arising as early as
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revolvers). Combined with the cumbersome nature of the revolver, and a tendency for the action to foul or jam when extracting cartridges, the
Enfield Mk I/Mk II revolvers were never popular and eventually replaced in 1889 by the .455 calibre
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ordered 200 Mark IIs in 1882, priced at C$ 15.75 each, which were shipped by London's
Montgomery and Workman in November that year, arriving in December. They replaced the Adams.
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Enfield Mk I/Mk II was chambered fired a 265 gr (17.2 g) lead bullet, and was loaded with 18 gr (1.2 g) of
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A small number of Adams revolvers remained in possession of RCMP officers until 1888. Phillips & Klancher, p. 207 note 7 to
Chapter 3.
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Arms & Accoutrements of the Mounted Police 1873-1973
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373:believed necessary for military use at the time.
409:The Enfield Mk. II was the issue sidearm of the
335:. The term "Enfield Revolver" is not applied to
667:Phillips, Roger F., & Klancher, Donald J.
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682:Wilson, Royce. "A Tale of Two Collectables".
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309:calibre (actually 11.6 mm).
354:Enfield Mk I and Mk II Revolvers
256:Effective firing range
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591:Phillips & Klancher, p. 22.
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293:was a self-extracting British
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411:North-West Mounted Police
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970:Charlton Automatic Rifle
299:Royal Small Arms Factory
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909:Thompson submachine gun
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733:Beaumont–Adams revolver
716:Commonwealth of Nations
624:Cartridges of the World
385:Colt Single Action Army
43:Enfield Mk II Revolver
856:Rieder Automatic Rifle
846:Howell Automatic Rifle
504:"Howdah to High Power"
491:"Howdah to High Power"
337:Webley Mk VI revolvers
237:Rate of fire
231:Double-action revolver
965:Vickers K machine gun
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851:Huot Automatic Rifle
654:Howdah to High Power
639:Pistols of the World
459:New Service revolver
422:Lawrence W. Herchmer
247:Muzzle velocity
210:.476" Revolver Mk II
116:North-West Rebellion
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1064:SBML 2-inch mortar
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684:Australian Shooter
536:5-7, 1885, p. 265.
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157:Manufacturer
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94:Used by
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950:Vickers gun
935:Gardner gun
930:Gatling gun
899:Sterling L2
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824:Lee–Metford
794:Baker rifle
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394:Webley Mk I
170:1880 – 1889
1099:Categories
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834:Ross rifle
778:Brown Bess
617:References
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367:Afghan War
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1000:Anti-tank
955:Lewis gun
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718:1722–1965
323:were the
321:revolvers
205:Cartridge
89:1880–1911
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894:Owen gun
866:L1A1 SLR
789:Nock gun
770:carbines
751:revolver
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725:Handguns
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251:600 ft/s
167:Produced
149:Designed
139:Designer
102:Colonies
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400:Service
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295:handgun
217:Calibre
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