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
