CODE – 04-131-914

NAME – Colt Model 1914 Experimental

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA-Great Britain

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1914

CALIBER – 7.7x56mmR (.303 British Mk VII)

OVERALL LENGTH – 104 cm (41 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 71.1 cm (28 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 25.4 cm (10 in)

LOAD –Mk VII Ball

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.90 mm (0.311 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 11.34 g (175 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 753 m/s (2470 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3215 j (2371 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 20.54 kg (45 lb 5 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 28 kg (61 lb 12 oz) loaded with 250 round belt in ammunition case

TYPE OF MOUNT – Integral bipod with cowling

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Protected blade, Rear sight – Ladder type graduated to 2600 yards

Folded sight – U notch set to 300 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 732 m (800 yards)

OPERATION – Gas, fires from closed bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 80 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 450-480 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 250 round cloth (Canvas) belt

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 0.11 kg (3.88 oz)

Ammunition case (empty) for one – 250 round belt – 1.13 kg (2 lb 8 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.33 kg (14 lb)

Ammunition case with one – 250 round belt – 7.46 kg (16 lb 7 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Decimals Limited, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England

Colt’s Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut (1914), Marlin-Rockwell Corporation, Plainville, Connecticut (under license from 1915)

STATUS – Obsolete

SERVICE – Evaluation by Great Britain