§ Mr. HALDANEThe reply is in the negative. The present rifle will not be adapted to the new cartridge with pointed bullet until the sighting has been adjusted, and this will not be commenced until a stock of the new ammunition is available. Until then the present ammunition must be used. Manufacture of the new cartridge is proceeding, deliveries are now being made, and extensive trials are in progress.
§ Mr. HALDANEIt will take a little time. Extensive trials with a number of rifles and the new cartridges are being made, as we want to see how the new bullet works on an extensive scale before issuing it to the whole of the forces.
§ Mr. HUNTIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that other nations have had this pointed bullet a couple of years, and that it makes a much worse wound than our bullet?
§ Mr. HALDANEIn the attainment of these desirable objects the more haste the less speed.