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the same reason, and added a clay plug to the base to facilitate expansion, as the original Pritchett design, which relied only on the explosion of the charge, was found to cause excessive fouling from too slow an expansion, allowing unburnt powder to escape around the bullet. The Enfield's adjustable ladder rear sight had steps for 100 yd the first position 200 yd, 300 yd, and 400 yd. For distances beyond that, an adjustable flip-up blade sight was graduated (depending on the model and date of manufacture) from 900 yd to 1250 yd. British soldiers

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