HC Deb 28 February 1912 vol 34 cc1504-5W
Mr. BENNETT-GOLDNEY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the ammunition with the new bullet, manufactured since 25th March, 1911, has been wholly satisfactory; and whether any difficulty has been met with either in Government or other factories in obtaining a uniform standard?

Colonel SEELY

Owing to the higher pressure in the Mark VII. cartridge variations of hardness of the case have more effect on extraction than with Mark VI. It is therefore necessary to obtain great uniformity of metal of the cartridge case, and this has given some difficulty in manufacture. This difficulty has now been overcome, and the ammunition issued to the troops is satisfactory.