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April 18th, 2006  
LeEnfield
Tribuni Angusticlavii
 
 
Gear

The ball was left in the cartridge paper which helped to form a gas seal when the gun was fired. This meant there was less loss of gas from around the edges of the ball so it should have travelled further and faster
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