{"id":65773,"date":"2021-09-01T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65773"},"modified":"2021-08-31T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:31:47","slug":"1893-lee-metford-trials-carbine-one-of-only-100-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/09\/01\/1893-lee-metford-trials-carbine-one-of-only-100-made\/","title":{"rendered":"1893 Lee-Metford Trials Carbine (One of Only 100 Made)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGt8giSxWfs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 17 May 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3d2NXZTS0ZWbk1zVllFUV93Nnl4Y1BQY2Utd3xBQ3Jtc0ttWEtoQUpscTFqd09PXzJGcTl5cTF3ZXh4VGhyNUdwS09DZXRpckwzeDVhSWRPTWNnbGFhcGZWVllleE1HdnRYaFFYcDhfSmpjc3k3WFY5czR6eWhKMkpHMzBCOUZxUHBscFNrOGpIb3lGV0xNeVJrRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once Lee-Metford rifle production was in place, the British began working on a carbine version of the same action for their cavalry. In 1893 a trial run of 100 carbines were made, and today we are looking at serial number 32 of that batch. These carbines are different in several ways from the ultimately adopted pattern. They had exposed muzzles like the Martini carbines, instead of the heavy snub-nose muzzle that would be adopted (similar to the muzzle of most early Mauser carbines). These trials carbines also had no safety, no sling attachments, and no barrel band. The did have the bent bolt handle of the final pattern (albeit not flattened down) and the short 6-round magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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