Quote Originally Posted by RobD View Post
Ron Bester in his definitive book, "Small Arms of the Anglo-Boer War", writes, among other things, that the arms used by Jameson and his group were most probably BSA&M sporting Lee Metfords with flat-top ribs in the 7100 serial number range.
The men immediately accompanying Jameson had the sporting rifles but the commercial (Long) Lee-Metfords were also used in the operation. Many of them were smuggled into Johannesburg to be used in the uprising that never occurred. These rifles were captured and distributed.