§ MR. COURTHOPEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the .303 Swift cartridge, giving a muzzle velocity of about 2,400 foot seconds, a fixed sight range of over 700 yards, and an extreme range of about 4,500 yards, can be used for magazine fire from the present magazines of the service rifle.
§ MR. HALDANEThe only Swift cartridge known to the War Office as giving 2,400 foot seconds velocity is for a special chamber differing from that of the service rifle, and cannot, therefore, be used in the latter.