Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
and give them Zulus Martini-Henry’s rifles too and the outcome coulda been different 🙂

I can’t remember who observed this and made the comment (F R Burnham maybe???). But apparently the Matabele had a habit of gripping the rifle extra tight, running the rear sight to full elevation, and jerking the trigger. 😁. Thinking this would make it shoot true, or some such nonsense

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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS