years after the event. "My opinion, and also that of the gunnery lieutenant, is that for long range they [Armstrong guns], are most successful. The 100-pounder (sic) as a pivot gun is superior to the 95 cwt. solid 8-inch gun ; but as broadside guns between decks we do not like them; the smoke is too great. Rear choke carriages with such heavy guns are very slow in working and the decks dreadfully cut up. The common shell is one of its great efficiencies, the bursting charge is so great. At Kagosima one vent-piece of the pivot-gun broke and a piece went up to foreyard, but no one was hurt, and it was the fault of the captain of the gun not putting the tin cap in. If the gun is understood and worked properly, it is very successful". -- An officer from HMS Euryalus, published in The Times on 25 April 1864. The guns, while functioning well when correctly handled, were hence seen to be difficult and potentially dangerous to use under the stress of combat. During the New Zealand Wars, the gun was used in the bombardment of the Maori fortifications at Gate Pa on 29 April 1864. Although subjected to one of the fiercest bombardments of the wars, the Maori defenders were protected by anti-artillery bunkers and went on to repel the British force, inflicting heavy casualties. Ammunition Surviving examples An 82cwt gun at Victoria Barracks, Sydney An 82cwt gun at Saint Helier, Jersey A 72cwt gun at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, UK. It is fitted with a replica breech and carriage. At Fort Henry, Ontario, Canada A 72 cwt gun at Quebec Citadel, Canada A 72 cwt gun at Fort No. 1, Lévis, Quebec See also Armstrong Gun List of naval guns Notes and references Bibliography Treatise on Ammunition. War Office, UK, 1877 Treatise on the construction and manufacture of ordnance in the British service. War Office, UK, 1877 Treatise on the Construction and Manufacture of Ordnance in the British Service. War Office, UK, 1879 Text Book of Gunnery, 1887. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE Text Book of Gunnery, 1902. LONDON : PRINTED FOR HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE Alexander Lyman Holley, "A Treatise on Ordnance and Armor" published by D Van Nostrand, New York, 1865 Lieutenant-Colonel C H Owen R.A.,