Martini Henry Mk IV 1886

[Junk Yard Dog]

British Martini Henry MKIV .577-450 Martini. Original, spotless bore, very good shooter, not from the Nepal hoard, this one came from Bannerman Arms in 1924 and onto a local wall.

[desdem12]

Very nice. if these were cheaper i think i would buy one

[Miller Tyme]

Nice 1 JYD, got me 1 also, just not as clean as yours. Desdem, the rifle isn't nearly as expensive as the ammo though.

[Junk Yard Dog]

For these rifles you must reload or go broke paying for loaded rounds. I still have three Gehendra Nepalese Martini rifles waiting in their "uncleaned" state from IMA, they are so filthy I have to store them in the boxes they came in.

[Miller Tyme]

Not sure where this one came from, my dad bought this one back in the late 60's from a local gun shop along with 200 rounds of ammo. I bought it from him about 10 years ago for $200.00 with about 120 rounds of ammo. The ammo was produced in Birmingham, England in the mid-50's and uses smokeless powder.

[Darryl]

OK JYD, I only have one thing to say about this rifle....."I want one!"

Dolk

[Ban-One]

Great photo's! I never get tired of looking at pics of this rifle, it just oozes history...and I still think you could take down a small tree with one of those rounds.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The Nepalese rifles came in about seven years ago I think, anything before that could have come from any of the British colony's, India, Africa, lots of history in these rifles, this one is a shooter, the last soldier to use it kept the bore spotless. I know that smokeless ammo, it still turns up on GB from time to time, but you need to shoot the full power BP load to experience a bit of Rorke's Drift ( The MkIV was not used there) Darryl, not all of IMA's Martinis are Nepalese made, they also have original British made rifles, cleaning them takes a great deal of time, and it's a crap shoot what you end up with, but they are the real deal. The Nepalese martinis are all very low production, used only by the forces of one tiny counrty, in the years to come these rare variations will command good prices even in relic condition.

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[desdem12]

Love these. I wonder how many levers were broke in the heat of battle when the crap got built up in them.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Very few, that is a very strong lever set up, this rifle served for many years in the worst places in the Empire with success.

[miklognasser]

Now that is awesome man! Can you say Big Bore

[Ironnewt]

Seriously Cool

[Junk Yard Dog]

It's a .45 cal bore, the Snider runs .577, or .58 cal as it was built from the 1853 Enfield design. .577-450, a necked down case, they did this to keep the case volume large enough for 60-65 grains of black powder, probably closer to 70 as back then they used balloon head cases.