A sizable amount of them were also used by the Ottoman Empire (converted to 7.65x53mm Mauser and other small-bore cartridges). The Martini-Henry remained in service with the British Empire until the end of World War I. Despite the conversion process of the old rifles, some Martini-Enfields were also manufactured new and un-converted Martini-Henry rifles also saw service with the British armed forces. 303 British (7.7x56mm) cartridge, with these converted rifles being named the Martini-Enfield rifle. A large percentage of existing Martini-Henry rifles were converted to fire the newer. With the introduction of the magazine-fed Lee-Metford rifle in 1888 (which itself was replaced by the updated Lee-Enfield in 1895), the Martini-Henry became displaced from frontline service and production of the rifle ceased in 1889. First produced in 1871, the Martini-Henry rifle was developed as a replacement for earlier cartridge-conversions of the. 577/475 Martini-Henry cartridge that was designed in 1870 and used throughout the British Empire for thirty years. The Martini-Henry is a single-shot, breech-loaded, lever-actuated falling block rifle firing the.
