OKEHAMPTON EXPERIENCES, 1893 . 
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Colonel Murray, in the Saugor report, remarks, “ Ranging in yards 
must be the simplest and most intelligent process to the ordinary stamp 
of gunner; and it was very noticeable that the Battery Commander 
who ranged in yards, instead of degrees and minutes, did not need the 
use of paper and pencil, or that constant looking over the battery range 
book, as much as those who were working in degrees and minutes.” 
The 13-pr. is often held up as a beautiful shooting gun, and one 
cannot help thinking that the sighting has a great deal to do with it. 
Mekometer. 
The mekometer was used by all the batteries and won universal 
praise, one Battery Commander even going so far as to say that he 
believed that he would have made better practice had he kept to his 
range-finder’s range. The mekometer is much quicker and handier 
than the telemeter. The men were never in the way, and could go on 
taking ranges whilst the battery was firing. 
One must, however, remember that Okehampton is an easy place for 
range-finders ; targets are steady and generally easy to see, and there 
are no difficulties of trees, &c. to contend with. 
Fuzes. 
The batteries of the last division used the Mark III. time and per¬ 
cussion faze ; they gave good results. Owing to the dome and ring 
not shifting when clamping the faze, some considered that fuze keys 
at the gun might be abolished, and the socket on the trail used for 
clamping. 
The Ordnance Committee have kindly allowed me to give the following n'otes 
of the experiments carried out at Okehampton this season. 
A light Horse Artillery equipment was tried by “ P ” Battery. The chief 
weights were : — 
cwt. 
qrs 
.lbs. 
Gun carriage and stores . 
... 9 
1 
16 
Gun . 
... 6 
0 
7 
Limber body. 
... 4 
2 
7 
n wheels. 
... 3 
2 
12 
41 rounds . 
... 5 
1 
19 
Stores ... 
... 0 
3 
12 
Total... 
... 29 
3 
17 
Wagon body . 
... 4 
2 
12 
a wheels... 
... 3 
2 
12 
48 rounds 
... 5 
2 
17 
Stores . 
... 0 
3 
12 
Limber... 
... 14 
1 
22 
Total . 
... 29 
0 
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Since the above weights were given some extra stores have been 
added, and Major Flint has kindly sent me the following results ob¬ 
tained by weighing on a weighbridge : 
Gun complete without kits 
n a with, two mens’ kits 
Wagon « without kits 
ir n with two mens’ kits 
cwt qrs. lbs. 
... 30 3 0 
... 31 2 0 
... 30 1 0 
... 31 0 0 
