[1] This rifle did not actually fire a cartridge, but shot out a forked probe that punctured a paper target barely an inch from the "muzzle".
The device, in a transit case and with its associated target frame and targets, was sold mainly to the Royal Air Force to train recruits; whilst the army treated the system with a degree of unjustified[citation needed], but perhaps typical, disdain.
There were two main models of Swift training rifle made available over a period of about three war years.
A similar training rifle was manufactured in Canada at the Long Branch factory.
The Swift Training Rifle came with a stand that folded out in "Deck Chair" fashion, and onto which was clipped the paper target.