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Vintage Saturday: Mr. Lee Goes to China

October 24, 2015 Ian McCollum Bolt Action Rifles, Vintage photo 51
British Marines from the HMS Alacrity in China with Lee-Metford rifles (1900)
British Marines from the HMS Alacrity in China with Lee-Metford rifles (1900)

Note the bandoliers of individual cartridges – these Lee-Metfords predate the adoption of charger clips, and would have been reloading one round at a time.

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