From its adoption in as the Mark I through the Mark IVc, the Martini-Henry would remain the mainstay of British Infantry forces until in and the Sniders were replaced by the Lee-Metford and its progeny in the 's. Containing an 85 grain charge behind a grain bullet this cartridge greatly extended the range of British infantry. After exhaustive trials, the then committee selected the Peabody-Martini into which it added the Henry rifling system. In an Ordinance Select Committee was formed to find a replacement for the venerable P The committee recommended adoption of the Snider-Enfield as an interim measure, owing to the ease of conversion of huge stocks of P53s, but the committee also knew that a truly capable replacement would be needed in due time. This required arms of unusual flexibility. Britain's observations of the American Civil Warthe Danish-Prussian Warthe adoption of the Prussian needle-gun and the French Chassepot convinced her of the need to modernize her arms to maintain parity with the rest of Europe.Īdditionally, this was a time of enormous Empire for Britain, covering over one million square miles of the earth's surface. Later, the rolled brass case was replaced by a solid brass version which remedied a myriad of problems. Martinis used the short chamber Boxer-Henry. The Mark I was adopted for service in In a carbine version entered service with five main variations including cavalry and artillery versions. The rifling system was designed by Scotsman, Alexander Henry. This robust weapon uses a falling block, with a self-cocking, lever operated, single-shot action designed by a Swiss, Friedrich von Martinias modified from the Peabody design. Unlike the Snider it replaced, the Martini-Henry was designed from the ground up as a breech-loading metallic cartridge firearm. The Martini-Henry evolved as the standard service rifle for almost 20 years, with variants including carbines. The Martini-Henry rifle was adopted infeaturing a falling-block single-shot breech-loading action, actuated by a lever beneath the wrist of the buttstock.
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