Quote Originally Posted by bigduke6 View Post
Forgot about this pic I took at Cole House Fort in Tilbury, not the best pic (was taken on the Mobile phone) but you can make out the damage, a round straight through the action,

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00060-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSC00059-1.jpg
Saw a very similar WW1 No1 a few years back in a traveling display for ANZAC day. It had been struck by a shell fragment. The note went on to say it was cocked and had nine rounds in the magazine. I asked if anyone had confirmed it wasn't loaded. Came back the next day with a camera to discover it had been removed- it had been loaded and was picked up by an explosive ord. disposal team....

I wonder if that one still has a round up the spout?