5 AUGUST 1949, Page 18

RIFLES AT BISLEY

SIR,—The Lee Metford .303 magazine rifle replaced the Martini-Henry at Bisley some years before 1897. We were armed with it at Sandhurst in 1894. I used its successor, the long Lee-Enfield .303 magazine, when shooting for the Militia eight in 1908.—Yours faithfully, ADRIAN PORTER.

The Hampshire Club, Winchester.