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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
3. Screw on butt plate. a 
4. Slide fore end of stock on barrel stud. 
5. Replace bands and turn home band screws. 
6. Replace upper band pin. 
7. Replace barrel stud pin. 
8. Replace cleaning rod. When the rod is in its proper position, the cam is 
away from the rod-holder. 
9. Place trigger and tumbler rest in guard, and screw up axis screws. 
10. Replace trigger spring, taking care that the nose of the trigger spring is 
under the trigger; screw in the trigger spring screw. 
11. Place lever and tumbler in trigger guard, slide guard with lever and 
tumbler into the body, and replace axis pin with indicator pointing upwards, in the 
direction of the block axis pin, and screw round keeper screw head to its proper 
bedding. 
12. Replace extractor and turn in axis screw. 
13. Place striker in block and drop in main spring, screw home stop nut, and 
turn keeper screw-head into its bedding. 
14. Turn striker round until the wider side of slot is downwards. 
15. Place the block in body with the front end lowest; hold the lever with 
right hand, the thumb pressing the indicator forward, the trigger being pressed 
back by the fore finger; press hard on the knuckle of block with the heel of the 
left hand to force it into its seat; at the same time depress and work the lever to 
get the tumbler into the slot in the striker. 
16. Compress the sides of the block axis pin, preparatory to placing it in the 
body. Place it in the body. 
Replacing Components , Martini-Henry Rifle, Mark I. 
1st. Loading Position. —If the block be too high, the bearing surface at A of 
the lever may be depressed by means of a punch to the breadth of the corresponding 
surface on the tumbler. If an adjustment of more than '01 of an inch is required, 
a new lever should be fitted. 
2nd. Should the block be too low , an amount not to exceed *01 in. may be added 
to the bearing surface at A by carefully drawing out the metal at that point; but 
should more than -01 in. be required (which will rarely, if ever, be the case), a new 
lever should be fitted. 
