In today's episode we showcase two rifle's that participated in 19th century British weapon trials that eventually lead to the adoption of the Martini-Henry.

Sources mentioned:

Burton's life in arms from Logan at High Caliber History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNGgXVIIncU

'From Under Iron Eyelids' by Thomas Tate (AuthorHouse, 2005).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Iron-Eyelids-Biography-Armorer/dp/1420821261

And two fantastic PhD theses from colleagues;

- Curator Emeritus Peter Smithurst on Enfield’s modernisation and Burton;
https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/35383/1/FINAL%20THESIS%20SMITHURST.pdf

- And Tom Heptinstall on the trials; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330398169_From_Snider-Enfield_to_Martini-Henry_to_the_Magazine_Lee-Metford_An_Historical_and_Technical_Overview_of_the_Development_of_British_Military_Rifles_from_1866_to_1895