HC Deb 04 September 1893 vol 16 c1878
MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War how many regulation cordite powder cartridges can be fired from the Maxim machine gun before the barrel becomes unfit for accurate shooting?

MR. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

It is impossible at present to give a decided answer to this question, as, up to the present, no trials have been made with the object of determining the number. Experiments are, however, now being carried out at Aldershot with the gun in question, of which one is so arranged as to finally decide this matter.