Lot 27 Martini Henry .577/450 rifle
Martini-Henry: The Rifle That Helped Make the British Empire a Reality A history of a rifle that made history by Peter Suciu L Many shots have been heard around the world. And each time it.
I first fell in love with the Martini Henry from Watching the movie Zulu. Great Movie and a
The original Martini Henry rifle entered service with the British in 1871. Featuring a single-shot breech-loading design, it remained in active use for 30 years. The DAMKO Modern Martini Rifle is a modernized version of the classic design. Are you ready for the best Martini ever?
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GENERALLY: The Martini-Henry should more properly be called the Peabody-Martini-Henry as it is actually the Peabody pattern modified to a self-cocking hammerless design through the work (and patent) of Friederich von Martini of Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and the rifling design of Edinburgh gunmaker Alexander Henry (which rifling itself is a modifi.
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We were using Martini's, and fine rifles they were too." Private 1373 - Alfred Henry Hook V.C. Rorkes Drift, Natal. About the Martini Henry You could say my interest in the Martini Henry started 40 years ago when I saw a clip of the 1964 film "Zulu" on British TV, I nearly fell of the sofa, wide eyed and amazed when I saw red coated British.
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The .577/450 Martini-Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge. It was the standard British service cartridge from the early 1870s that went through two changes from the original brass foil wrapped case (with 14 parts) to the drawn brass of two parts, the case and the primer.
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Jul 14, 2008 From its adoption in 1871 as the Mark I through to the Mark IVc, the Martini-Henry was a mainstay of British Infantry forces until it was replaced by the Lee-Metford 1890s. Many shots have been heard around the world. And each time it was fired from a different rifle. During the Victorian era, that rifle was the Martini-Henry.
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46K 1.9M views 4 years ago Shooting and discussing an original British Martini-Henry rifle! --------------------------------------- Hickok45 videos are filmed on my own private shooting range and.
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The Martini-Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually replacing the Snider-Enfield, a muzzle-loader converted to the cartridge system. Martini-Henry variants were used throughout the British Empire for 47 years.
Buy Original British P1871 MartiniHenry MkII Short Lever Rifle (1870โs Dates) with Socket
The Martini-Henry was a single-shot, breech-loading rifle with a lever-activated falling-block action. The user would lower the lever, which opened the breech, then insert a round directly into the chamber. After the breech was closed by raising the lever, the rifle was ready to fire. Manufacturing:
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A .577 / 450 'MK.IV' MARTINIHENRY SERVICE RIFLE , ENFIELD, SERIAL NO. F8852, DATED '1886
Area Code: 608 $600.00 Martini-Henry Mk 3 rifle. GI#: 102547229 SALE PENDING Original untouched Martini-Henry Mk 3 rifle made by BSA & M Co. Dated 1885. Very good solid condition with usual handling marks. Unit marking on left side of stock. Very good bore. I belive the u.Click for more info Seller: van keuren Area Code: 608 $850.00
Deactivated WWI Martini Henry Rifle Surrey Volunteer Training Corps Allied Deactivated Guns
The Martini-Henry Rifle is a weapon of Empire. Unlike the Snider-Enfield it replaced, it was England's first service rifle designed from the ground up as a breechloading metallic cartridge firearm. It protected and served the British Empire and her colonies for over 30 years.
MARTINIHENRY MK 1 2ND MODEL 1873 SERVICE RIFLE.
The Martini-Henry was a breechloading rifle that employed a pivoting breechblock designed by Austrian Friedrich von Martini and polygonal rifling designed by Scotsman Alexander Henry.
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Famously employed during the Zulu Wars, the Martini-Henry rifle is one of the best known British service rifles. This rifle was manufactured by the Birmingham Small Arms & Metal Co., and is dated 1880. It is stamped as a Mark II beneath the Broad Arrow military acceptance mark.
The MartiniHenry Rifle An Official Journal Of The NRA
The saga of the Martini-Henry rifle begins in 1862 when Henry Peabody of Boston, Massachusetts, patented a breech-loading rifle with a hinged trigger guard that lowered and raised the breechblock. Spent cartridges were ejected automatically as the breech dropped and a fresh cartridge could be slid into the chamber quickly.
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The Martini rifle truly is a world icon, and is recognizable across most of the globe. Along with the steamship and the railroad engine, it was responsible for "painting the map of the world.
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Adopted in 1871, the Martini-Henry was a streamlined and modern service rifle design for the time. With an unloaded weight of 8 lbs., 7 ozs., and an overall length of 49" for the standard.