§ COLONEL DENNY (Kilmarnock Burghs)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War if any further experiments have been made with Mark IV. cartridge; and, if so, whether the result has been to cause any change in the manufacture.
§ * MR. WYNDHAMFurther experiments have been made, with the result that the few cases of "stripping" which have taken place are attributed to the softness of the metal of which the bullet is made, and to imperfect cleaning of the rifle. To remove all metallic fouling the double pull-through must be constantly employed. When this is done no difficulties arise. 620,000 rounds have been fired in testing the ammunition without a single accident, and, as I stated, this ammunition was used at the battle of Omdurman. A bullet of somewhat harder material is now being manufactured.