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12016-11-27T02:56:27+00:00The Magazine Rifle4plain2016-12-14T01:43:40+00:00After the failures of the Lee Metford, several articles were written condemning the weapon. This article from The Speaker takes up the torch for the Metford and proposes that, although early models of the rifle were ineffective and had a tendency to feed poorly, the government should not stop investing money into the development of magazine-fed, bolt-action rifles.