This is a very rare opportunity to own a significant piece of military history that greatly affected wars on three continents at a very special discounted price. These are the typical detailed photographs but no two will be alike. All appear to be roughly 75% complete but no guarantees as to what use or damage may be found after more than 100 years of neglect and storage. The only service performed has been to ensure none are still loaded! Totally covered and caked with dried on grease, dirt and rust, these can be displayed as found or be the subject of winter nights of TLC to restore them to their former glory. Well, we listened, and have just a few of these available again, after an exhaustive inventory of our remaining Nepal Cache guns.Įach Rifle is offered totally AS IS condition, completely un-cleaned, incomplete and un-refurbished. We have had many requests to sell these incomplete, broken, battlefield pickup rifles so that they can be stripped down, used for parts, rebuilt, etc. We repeat, however, these remains are genuine remains and date from the late 1800s. We call these HALF RIFLES or PARTS GUNS because that's just what they are, all the butts and various other parts are gone, blown off in combat if you like. These Gurkha made examples were found in Military Storage in their homeland of Nepal. Although the British never embraced this European improvement, these "Improved System Rifles" saw much service on frontiers all over the World. 303 cal Lee Metford bolt action Rifle's introduction into the British Military System. Revolutionary at the time by compartmentalizing the mechanism for quick disassembly, it only lasted 10 years as the latest technology.
In 1878 the Francotte patent Martini System was granted utilizing a detachable mechanism fitted without the Cocking Indicator. ALL SALES FINAL no returns, refunds or exchanges.
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