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    Pattern 1914 Winchester with modified muzzle brake design

    This rifle believed to have been altered by the Britishicon between wars. The angle of the drilled holes would seem to suggest evaluations of means to reduce recoil.

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    No front sight.

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    How would they have used it without a front sight?

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    Interesting thanks for sharing!

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    You don't need sights if you are running tests measuring recoil, photographing gas discharges, effect of holes on muzzle velocity.

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    I wonder if they were trialling a suppressor design of some sort?
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    Some sort of study seems possible as the Pattern 1913 .276 cartridge had a bad reputation for noise and muzzle blast.

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    A similar rifle is in the Royal Armories - with front sight. The description tells that there were made 16 small holes on the top side of the barrel and than they made a modified Lewis muzzle cone above them to direkt the muzzle blast upwards. This Tests were made in about 1935.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melanie_Daniels View Post
    16 small holes on the top side of the barrel
    In the last pic you can see from the top that the holes go right through the bottom too, still something like what you describe...
    Regards, Jim

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