The Martini Resource List

• Reports on Breech-Loading Arms by A Special Sub-Committee of the Ordnance Select Committee. War Office, April 1868
• Abstract of Reports on the Experimental Martini-Henry Arms Issued for Trial in 1869, Together with Remarks of a Special Committee Appointed to Consider The Same. War Office, 12 July 1870
• Reports of Special Committee on Martini-Henry Breech Loading Rifles. War Office, 1871
• Army (Martini-Henry Rifle). War Office 12 July 1874. "Copies of the Reports of the Two Battalions of Infantry who have had the Martini-Henry Rifle in use: Of the Minutes of Conference relative to the Alterations now recommended in the Martini-Henry Rifle: Returns of the Cost of Alterations that have been made to the Martini-Henry Rifle since its first approval: And, of the Shooting of the Army for the last year (1873), stating the Regiments using the Snider Enfield, and those using the MArtini-Henry Rifle."
• Martini-Henry Rifles. War Office, March 1876. I. Precis of Reports from Regiments in the United Kingdon, on Rifles as first issued. II. Reports received during the past year, with respect o alleged defects, and Report of Committee thereon. III. Reports from Regiments on altered Rifles, and decision of Secretary of State thereon.
• Trial and Error - P. Labbett. Guns Review, November 1970. Brief review of the breech loading arms trials leading to the adoption of the Snider, and later the Martini-Henry. Illustrates rifles by: Soper, Henry, Leetches, Albini-Braendlin, Reilly-Comblain

• Military Breech-Loading Small Arms - Capt. V.D. Majenie R.A. Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal United Servcie Institution, 1867, by Arms and Armour Press (1966)
• The Future Weapon of the British Soldier. Living Age, May 1869. Summary of the development of the Martini-Henry and issue for trial to troops.
• Military Breech-Loading Rifles with detailed notes on the Snider and Martiny-Henry Rifles and Boxer Ammunition - Capt. V.D. Majendie and Capt. C.O. Browne. Royal Artillery Institution, 1870. Reprint by Arms and Armour press, 1973. SBN 85368 309 3
• The New Martini-Enfield Rifle. The Saturday Review, 16 February 1884
• Old English Rifles - A short history c.1800-1886. Includes rifle specifications. The Engineer, 20 August 1886
• Martini-Henry Variations - P.Lavvett. Guns Review, UK, November 1962
• Martini Arms - J. McCadden. Guns Review, UK
• Part 1 - 'Martini Arms'. History and details of the trials leading to the adoption of the Martini-Henry rifle by the UK. Cavalry and artillery arms discussed. December 1974
• Part 2 - 'The Sudan and A New Rifle'. Further developments in design. Enfield Martini trials. Martini Ammunition. January 1975
• Part 3 - '.303 Martini Carbines and Bayonets'. Martini Metford and Martini Enfield rifles. Markings and manufacturers. Bayonet design history. Carbine variations. February 1975
• Part 4 - 'The Peabody Controversy'. Peabody/Martini comparison. Peabody Sporting Rifles. The Westley Richards Z.A.R. Martini Rifle. Express and other Martini’s. March 1975
• Martini action rifle by Braendlin. Guns Review, UK, January & February 1975. Readers letter and a reply. Covers Martini rifle by Braendlin Armoury Co. chambered for a black powder express cartridge. Comments on proof and view marks. Plus follow-up readers letter. A&T stamp identified. Reference to William Tranter and Braendlin Armoury Co.
• Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room: British Rifles. HMSO, London, UK, 1981. ISBN 011 771930 7
• A Treatise on the British Military Martini - B.A. Temple & I.D. Skennerton
• Volume I - The Martini-Henry 1869-c1900. First published by B.A. Temple, 1983. Reprinted 1996. ISBN 0 9596108 8 X
• Volume II - The .40 & .303 Martinis 1880-c1920. Published by B.A. Temple, 1989.
  ISBN 0 9596108 6 3
• Volume III - Manufacture, Training Arms & Accessories. Published 1995.
  ISBN 0 9596108 7 1
• Enfield Martini and Lee Metford Rifles and Their Ammunition - Peter Labbett. Classic Arms, UK, September 1994
• The Martini Henry Rifle - Stephen Bull. Guns Review, UK, July 1995
• Martini-Henry .450 Rifles & Carbines - Dennis Lewis. Excalibur Publications, 1996. ISBN 1 88067712 1
• Cartridge Carbines of the British Army - Alan M. Petrillo. Excalibur Publications, 1998. ISBN 1 88067713 X
• Tool of Empire: The British Martini-Henry Rifle - Paul Scarlata. Shotgun News, USA, 20 November 2004 (vol.58, issue 33)
  

• How a rifled musket is made at the Providence Tool Company's Armory. Scientific American, 7 & 14 November 1863. Describes how the company manufactured the Springfield musket during the American Civil War. This illustrated article gives a fascinating insight into the technological developments of the period. The company is perhaps better know today for its later manufacture of the Peabody-Martini rifle.
• Peabody Breech Loading Firearms. Providence Tool Co. Armory, 1870. Reprinted by Ray Riling, 1960
• Providence Tool Co. Military Arms - Edward A. Hull. Privately published, 1978 and 1979 (2nd Edition),
• The 11.43mm Turkish Peabody-Martini Model 1871 Infantry Rifle - Bill Harriman. HBSA Journal, May 1991
• The Martini-Peabody Action. Target Gun, UK, July 1994

• BSA Martini Rifles, c1920. HBSA Journal, May 1989. Reprint of part of a BSA catalogue of the 1920's
• The BSA 1215 .22 Target Rifle. Target Gun, October 1982
• BSA Martini International Mk 4. Target Gun, UK, December 1982
• The Military Martini - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, September 1994. A look at 'miniatue' Martini actioned arms.
• A Boer Martini (Westley Richards "ZAR") - Geoffrey Allen. Classic Arms, UK, November/December 1998
• The .310 Cadet Martini - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, December 1998. Reprinted in Classic Arms, UK, January/February 1999
• An Odd Folding Martini - Colin Greenwood. Classic Arms, UK, November/December 2000

• The Evolution of Enfield Royal Smallarms Factory and Its Products - Major E.G.B. Reynolds. Guns Review, UK
• Part 1: The age of muzzle-loaders. February 1972
• Part 2: Breech-loaders to automatic arms. March 1972
• The Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield & Its Workers - David Pam. Enfield Preservation Society, Enfield, UK, 1998. ISBN 0 953227 0 3
• The Birmingham Gun Trade - David Williams. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, UK, 2004. ISBN 0 7524 3237 0

• Cartridges for Breech Loading Arms - A.Mattenheimer. 1868. Reprinted by Armory Publications, 1989. ISBN 0 939683 05 9
• Treatise on Ammunition 1877 Reprint of 1878 Original Edition (by Naval & Military Press, 2003). ISBN 1843425327. Official ammunition handbook 1877, including smooth bore and rifled gun projectiles, small arms ammunition and rockets. Details of all artillery ammunition of the period.
• Military Cartridge History Part 3 - Geoffrey Boothroyd. Guns Review, UK, May 1963.
• A Review of British Military Smallarms Ammunition - Capt. J.P. Munnery. HBSA Journal, December 1975
• Boxer Cartridge In The British Service - B.A. Temple. Published by Ian Skennerton, 1977. ISBN 0 9596677 0 9. A study of Daw’s and Boxer’s cartridges and their adoption by the War Office to proceed through Snider, Martini-Henry rifle & carbine loads and the shot & blank variants. Also revolver cartridges for Adams, R.I.C., Very and 1-in. signal pistols, then .65 Gatling and .303 blank ammunition rounds out this comprehensive study.
• The British Boxer Primer. HBSA Journal, October 1985
• Military Black Powder Rifle Calibre Ammunition, Part IX, Great Britain - P.Labbett. Guns Review, May 1992
• British .45 inch Martini Henry Ammunition - Pater Labbett. Classic Arms, UK, May/June 1995
• Military Blackpowder Rifle Ammunition in the 19th Century - Pater Labbett. Classic Arms, UK,
• Part 1 - Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, The Papal State (Vatican), Great Britain. January/February 1997
• Part 2 - Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal. March/April 1997
• Part 3 - Russia, Japan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania. July/August 1997
• Part 4 - USA. March/April 1998
• Part 5 - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, The Vatican, Egypt, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Latin America. May/June 1998
• B.L. Small-Arm Ammunition. HBSA Report, July 2002. Reprint from "Treatise on Ammunition 1877"

• The Martini-Henry v. Snider - Francis J. Lock. M.A.Roberts, London, 1879 (1st Edition)
• A Guide to the Queen's Sixty or, Martini-Henry and Snider Rifles and How to Use Them - Herbert Percy Miller. T.G.Johnson, London, 1884 (9th Edition)
• Shooting British Service Rifles - W.D.Bell. The Gun Digest, 20th Edition 1960.
  Covers the P/53, 577 Snider-Enfield and the 577-450 Martini Henry.
• Shooting With The Martini-Henry - Geoff Allen. Target Gun, UK, February 1992
• Shooting the .303 Martini - Leonard Stanley. Classic Arms, UK, April 1994
• Loading for the Martini-Henry - Leonard Stanley. Classic Arms, UK, May/June 1996

• Volunteer Long Arms 1859-1908 - Jonathan Lewis. HBSA Report, October 2002

• Martini-Henry Rifles and Carbines
• The Martini-Henry Rifle
• Military Rifles in the Age of Transition
• Martini Gallery
• The Single Shot Patent Site
• Miniature Rifle Shooting
  

British Militaria Forums includes a forum dedictaed to the Martini rfle, and has a most useful list of "Martini/Snider Internet Resource Sites" within the Archives section.

Abbreviations and References

HBSA - Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association