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A british soldier of the 24th foot at caldicot castle.These type of soldiers in 1879 fought in the battle of Isandlewana and Rorkes Drift, dring the Zulu war.
The rifle being demonstrated was a lee enfield, and the "bullet in the air" is a 303 round.
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that's a lee-metford rifle, it was replaced by the Lee-enfield at the begining of the 20th century but remained in service in ome units during the second world war.
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I was just going by what the guy was talking about at the time! ... By the way, Nice Marauder Shields pic on your profile!
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It is a Lee-enfield, My mistake, it is the earlier Magizine Lee Enfield, as a WW2 reenactor i'm more use to the Short Magizine Lee Enfield and no4 Mk1 Lee Enfields
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Cool stuff! Cheers for letting me know
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cheers ^^, the martini-henry was used during the zulu war and the lee-metford was used during the boer war
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Yeah, the guy was giving a demonstration of quite a few different guns, which seemed strange considering it was a "zulu war" display.
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I expect it was more of a boer wars display.
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I just checked my bro's photos, and it was aparently a "1879 living history group". I can't remember exactly what they were saying at the time, all I remember is them going through a lot of guns, probably saying how they changed through the years or something. Here's some more pics of it on my brother's page: [link]
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i expect it was a general display of victorian era rifles
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x3 needless to say, pith helmets are cool x3
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Very accurate my friend. That's one of the original Enfiled rifles. During WWI, British soldiers used them to their fullest potentional. At one battle, the Germans thought they were up against semi-autos.
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At first I was wondering what rifle was, but it is a really old Lee Enfield, before the familiar SMLE.
Love this, but it would not have been used in the Zulu wars, witch happened in the 1870's. The Lee Enfield was invented in 1895 if I remember correctly, but it was defiantly right a the end of the 19th century.
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yeah i know it wasnt used in the zulu wars. The guy was doing a demonstration of a few diff guns before getting to the one they used.
Thanks for the comment!
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Still very cool. It was that gun that wowed the great powers in the Boxer Rebellion.
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did you notice there's 2 bullets in the air?... one that is by the solier's face and one that is inbetween the people in the background.
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Indeed there is! Well spotted my love!
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i wish that photo was mine..... nice photo bruv
The rifle being demonstrated was a lee enfield .... the "bullet in the air" is a 303 round
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Great shoot, i mean yours heheh. And a geat movie too, Zulu.
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Thanks! It is one of my fave movies of all time.
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