Friday 13th SMLE sniper damage

**Kev G** · 02-04-2010 07:14 PM

Appologies if this has come up before in a post.
As I had few minutes to kill in Maidstone I thought I would see if an exhibit was still on display in the museum that I had last seen yonks ago.
Here are a couple of poor pics (due to display lighting

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KG

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**Peter Laidler** · 02-05-2010 10:10 AM

We have a well known and documented rifle at Warminster. On ours, the bullet didn't just broke the bolt, it absolutely destroyed it.

I wasn't there when it happened but I just happen to know what the bloke holding it said.............

**Badger** · 02-05-2010 12:41 PM

Thanks for posting pics Kev ...

That's freakin amazing ...

Regards,
Badger

**jmoore** · 02-06-2010 12:47 AM

7.92 bullet down a 7.7 bore! That must have been messy on the front end as well!

**louthepou** · 02-06-2010 07:34 AM

I believe this pretty much qualifies as "unbelievable-yet-real"... wow.

Lou

**jmoore** · 02-06-2010 01:03 PM

Its not in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum, is it?

**Thunderbox** · 02-06-2010 01:07 PM

I seem to recall there is one in the Imperial War Museum as well. The Hun bullet travelled up the SMLE barrel and came to a halt up against its unfired .303 cousin. That rifle is sectioned to show the two bullets nose-to-nose in the bore.

**Brian Dick** · 02-06-2010 02:25 PM

I bet he said: "Gee, gosh golly, shucks" eh Peter?

**Gibbs505** · 02-06-2010 02:34 PM

more like "Blimey!!"

**Kev G** · 02-07-2010 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by jmoore

Its not in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum, is it?

Yes it is, although at the time I didn't realise it was a museum 'inside' a museum.
From memory seeing it as a lad I could have sworn the damage to the bolt was more severe but that was a while ago !

KG

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