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Gen. No.
6667

Issued with Army Orders, dated 1st. December, 1897.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARMOURERS
IN THE.
CARE, REPAIR, BROWNING, &c.,
OF
S M A L L - A R M S , B A Y O N E T A N D S W O R D S C A B B A R D S ,
MACHINE GUNS,
AND
"PARAPET" CARRIAGES.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE,
BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE,
PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY.
1897.

Rifles and Carbines, Magazine, Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield

Directions for stripping and assembling .......................................5
Instructions for care and repair...................................................7
............„ ............using implement action (pattern C)................... 9
............„ ............screw plate and taps.......................................10
Table of armourers' tools ..........................................................12
............„ ............component parts and appurtenances ..............18
General instructions for browning parts......................................37

Scabbard, sword-bayonet, magazine rifle :-
Instructions for stripping, for repairs and reassembling ................8
List of tools to be used ............................................................. 5

Rifles, Martini-Enfield, and Carbines, Martini-Enfield and Martini- Metford :-
Table of component parts and appurtenances............................18
Instructions for care and repair .................................................30
Directions for stripping the action (rifle and carbine) ..................30
............„ ............ furniture, barrel and stock (rifle) ....................30
............„ ............(carbine).........................................................31
Directions for assembling action, barrel, stock and furniture
............„ ............(carbine)..................................................... .. 32
Directions for replacing components (rifle and carbine) ..............32
............„ ............renewing lines on sight slides and caps (all rifles
..........................and carbines) ................................................. 36
Instructions for using trigger testers ........................................ .. 36
............„ ............browning parts ...............................................37

Pistol, Webley, Mark I, I* and II :-
General instructions for care and repair ..................................... 39
List of components ................................................................... 39
............„ ............implements................................................... .. 40
Directions for stripping pistol .................................................. .. 40
............„ ............cylinder ....................................................... .. 40
............„ ............ assembling pistol and cylinder ......................... 41

Scabbard, bayonet, long, Martini-Enfleld :—
Instructions for stripping for repairs ............................................ 41
............„ ............ re-assembling ................................................. 42
List of tools to be used ............................................................... 41

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Scabbard, sword, Cavalry :-
Instructions for stripping and repairing ............................................... 43
............„ ............ re-assembling ........................................................ 43
List of tools, &c., required ............................................................. ...43

Machine guns and carriages :-
Instructions for the care, preservation and examination of— ................43
Gun, Gardner, 0.45-in., 1-barrel ....................................................... 45
............„ .......„ ............ 2-barrel ....................................................... 46
............„ .......„ ............ 5-barrel ....................................................... 48
Gun, Gatling, 0.45-in. and 0.65-in. .................................................... 51
............„ ............ Accles feed ........................................................... 55

Gun, Nordenfelt, 2-barrel, 1-in. ......................................................... 56
............„ ............ 4-barrel ..................................................................58
............„ ............ 5-barrel, (Mark I) .................................................. 61
............„ .......................... (Mark II) ................................................. 62
............„ ............ 3-barrel, 0.45-in. ................................................... 65
Guns, Maxim, 0.303-in. and 0.45-in. ..................................................66
Instruction for use of 0.45-in, muzzle attachment, if so fitted ................ 72
Carriage, parapet, machine gun (Mark 1) ........................................... 73
............„ ............ Mark I" and Mark II, machine gun, Maxim.............. 73
Mounting, cone, Maxim, Mark I ......................................................... 74
Machines filling belts ........................................................................... 74

APPENDICES.

Instructions for marking arms issued from store ............................................................. I
List of armourers' tools and materials to be packed when regiments proceed on foreign service ........................................................................................................................ II.
Instructions for packing armourers' stores, &c, ............................................................ III

PLATES.

Rifle, Martini-Enfield, Mark I ........................................................................................ I.
Carbines, Artillery, Martini-Metford, Mark II and III ................................................... II
............„ ............ Enfield ..............................................................................................II.
Pistol, Webley, Mark I, I* and II ................................................................................ III.
Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Metford, Mark I* ...................................................................... IV
............„ ............ ............„ ...................... components................................................ V
............„ ............ ............„ ............. II ........................................................................VI
............„ ............ ............„ ............ ..........components .............................................. VII
Portion of rifle, showing action of safety catch .............................................................VIII
Carbines, Cavalry, Magazine, Lee-Metford and Enfield, Mark I ...................................IX.
............„ ............ ............„ ............ ............„ ............ components .............................. X.

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APPENDIX I--List III—continued.
County and other Titles.
Abbreviations.

Severn ........................................................ SEV.
Shropshire .................................................. SH.
Shropshire and Staffordshire ........................ S. & S.
Sligo..............................................................So.
Somerset, North .......................................... N. ST.
Somerset, West ........................................... W ST.
South Wales and Severn .............................. S.W.S.
Staffordshire................................................. STF.
Suffolk ......................................................... Sic.
Surrey .......................................................... SR.
Sussex........................................................... Sx.
Sutherland ..................................................... STL.
Tay ............................................................... TAY.
Tees .............................................................. Ts.
Thames and Medway ..................................... T. & M.
Tipperary ....................................................... TIP.
Tower Hamlets .............................................. T.H.
Tyne .............................................................. TYNE.
Tynemouth ..................................................... Tarn.
Warwickshire ................................................ WK.
Waterford ..................................................... WD.
Westmoreland and Cumberland ..................... W. & C.
Wicklow ....................................................... Ww.
Wiltshire ....................................................... WES.
Worcestershire ............................................. W E.
Worcestershire and Warwickshire ................. W. & W.
Yorkshire ..................................................... YK.
Yorkshire, East Riding ................................... E. RID.
Yorkshire, North Riding ................................ N. RID.
Yorkshire, West Riding ................................. W. RID.

The following are typical examples of the mode of combining abbreviations of titles common to the several corps, with the numerals, &c., that are necessary to distinguish each individual corps bearing the common title.

 

Corps.
Abbrevations.
REGULAR FORCES.

1st Life Guards ................................................................... 1 L.G.
5th. Lancers ........................................................................ 5 L.
"A" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery ........................................ A. R.H.A.
" A " Battery Depot, Royal Horse Artillery ............................ A. DE r. R.H.A.
Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery ..................................... RE. R.A.
1st Field Battery, Royal Artillery ........................................... 1. R.A.
1st Battery, 1st Depot Division, Field Artillery ....................... 1. 1 D. R.A.

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PLATES.

Rifle, Martini-Enfield, Mark I ........................................................................................ I.
Carbines, Artillery, Martini-Metford, Mark II and III ................................................... II
............„ ............ Enfield ..............................................................................................II.
Pistol, Webley, Mark I, I* and II ................................................................................ III.
Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Metford, Mark I* ...................................................................... IV
............„ ............ ............„ ...................... components................................................ V
............„ ............ ............„ ............. II ........................................................................VI
............„ ............ ............„ ............ ..........components .............................................. VII
Portion of rifle, showing action of safety catch .............................................................VIII
Carbines, Cavalry, Magazine, Lee-Metford and Enfield, Mark I ...................................IX.
............„ ............ ............„ ............ ............„ ............ components .............................. X.

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PLATE I - CARBINES, ARTILLERY, MARTINI-METFORD, Mks.II & III; MARTIN-ENFIELD Mks.I, I*, II* & III

Components

PLATE II - CARBINES, ARTILLERY, MARTINI-METFORD, Mks. I & II; MARTIN-ENFIELD Mk.I

Special Components

PLATE III - PISTOL, WEBLEY Marks I, II* & II (C) B.L. REVOLVER

Component Parts

PLATE IV - RIFLE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD, Mark I* (List of Changes No.6760)

PLATE V - RIFLE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD, Mark I* (List of Changes No.6760)

Components

PLATE V - RIFLE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD, Mark II

PLATE VIII - RIFLE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD Mark II

Components

PLATE VIII - RIFLE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD Mark II* and LEE-ENFIELD Mark I

Portion of Rifle Showing Action of Safety Catch

PLATE IX - CARBINE, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD, CAVALRY, (Mark I) (L)

and CARBINE, MAGAZINE, LEE-ENFIELD, CAVALRY, (Mark I) (L)

PLATE X - CARBINES, MAGAZINE, LEE-METFORD, and LEE-ENFIELD, CAVALRY, (Mark I) (L)

Components

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