§ Colonel BURTONasked the Secretary of State for War if the Army Council has come to a decision whether experiments with fully stocked rifles of military pattern, both British and foreign, lead to the attainment of data as useful for military purposes as the more costly experiments with rifles fitted with unsupported barrels and delicate optical sights?
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§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSFor the purpose of determining the general utility of the rifle for service purposes experiments with fully stocked military rifles are of greatest value. At the same time laboratory experiments are necessary, and are constantly being conducted with unstocked rifles and more delicate sighting apparatus.