Product Details
* A GOOD AND UNUSUAL .577/.450 MARTINI HENRY MARK II SERVICE RIFLE MARKED B.S.A., no visible serial number,
dated 1888, with 31 1/2 in. sighted barrel with proof and inspection marks, plus '003' together with 'S . X' for Strengthened Extractor, plus two reversed Cape Government ownership marks indicating sold out of service on the receiver bridge, dropping block lever action, large cocking indicator, receiver marked and stamped with a Queen's crown over 'VR / B.S.A. & M. Co. / 1888 / lock-viewer's mark / II / 2' plus inspection marks, with opposite a hand-engraving of a horse's head, 'J. J. FOURIE' and the date '24 4 05', walnut stock, butt with Birmingham repair Broad Arrow, 'WD' roundel and sold out of service mark, complete with sling swivels, service wear, missing its cleaning rod and a loss to the fore-end wood rod channel behind the bayonet band
Provenance: Following the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, many British Martinis were left in South Africa where they were sold out of service and subsequently went into private ownership. The markings on the left side of the receiver would appear to have been applied by a Boer who were well-known for personalising their firearms
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Estimate £800-1,200
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament