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A Rare .577/450 Unmodified Third Model Martini Henry Mark I Service Rifle Dated 1873
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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Dated 1873
Dated 1873
With blued sighted barrel retained by two blued barrel bands, the forward one incorporating a bayonet lug on the right, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, blued dated action with 'VR' crowned above 'Enfield' forward of the cocking-indicator on the right side, figured butt and fore-stock, the former with circular Enfield arsenal mark on one side and unusual chequered steel butt-plate, blued trigger-guard, sling loops, original ramrod, and retaining most of its original finish, War Department marks, Inspector's marks and proof marks
84.5 cm. barrel
84.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
It is believed that some of these Mark I rifles were issued to the Governor General of Canada's bodyguard and very few survive in the original unmodified specifications. See B.A. Temple & I.D. Skennerton, A Treatise on the British Military Martini, 1983, pp. 85-86
For another example sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour, 23 July 2008, lot 231




