Owen Jones Rifle
The Martini-Henry Rifle entered service with the British Army in 1871. While the fast-loading breech loader was a step forward, small arms technology quickly advanced and by the 1880s magazine-fed weapons were beginning to dominate the battlefield.
In February 1883, the British War Office formed a new Small Arms Committee to find and evaluate new magazine rifle designs. Designer made a number of attempts to convert the existing Martini-Henry into a magazine weapon. The committee selected a system developed by Owen Jones, of Philadelphia, for testing against James Paris Lee’s magazine-rifle and a Lee rifle outfitted with a Burton magazine. All three of the weapons chambered the new .402 calibre rimmed Martini-Enfield cartridge and had barrels with 7-groove rifling developed by William Metford.
3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as Northwestern Ontario including the city of Thunder Bay.
It was first created as a formation of the Canadian Corps during the First World War. It was stood down following the war and was later reactivated as the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War. The second iteration served with distinction from 1941 to 1945, taking part in the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. A duplicate of the 3rd Canadian Division was formed in 1945 to serve on occupation duty in Germany and was disbanded the following year.[1]
. The formation of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was authorized during the Second World War on 17 May 1940. There was then a considerable delay until the brigade and divisional headquarters were formed on 5 September, and the first divisional commander was appointed on 26 October.
While the division’s components were forming, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa was detached and transferred to Iceland as part of Z Force. The battalion spent the winter of 1940–41 there, then moved to the United Kingdom. The division’s 8th and 9th Canadian Infantry Brigades began embarking as early as 1 July 1941 and arrived in the United Kingdom at the end of that month. The 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade embarked in August and arrived at the beginning of September.
After its arrival, the division spent three uneventful years in garrison and training duties prior to the assault landing on Juno Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944, as part of the British Second Army, later joining the newly formed First Canadian Army.
Battle honours include Caen, Falaise, clearing the Channel ports, the Breskens pocket, and the final offensives of 1945. During the Battle of the Scheldt, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division had the nickname of “Water Rats” bestowed upon them by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, commanding 21st Army Group, in recognition of the poor conditions of terrain through which they fought, first in the Normandy landings, and then in the flooded Breskens Pocket.[4] 
The Owens Jones is a conversion of a single shot martini henry to a multi shot magazine. Just like bolt action to semi auto conversions this gun was not very successful. the problem being that any radical conversion is as expensive as a new gun.
The Owens would be a good low br gun perhaps br1. Adding a Canadian unit would of course give more flavor outside the US/Uk spam of most units. Considering how many people play low BR a BR1 event squad would be a warm welcome for new players.
