Original British P-1871 Martini-Henry MkII Short Lever Rifle with 1870s Date - Cleaned and Complete Hand Select:Yes Marked "RESTRICTED"

Marked "RESTRICTED"

It was trialled with the British Army in 1944-1945 as replacement for the Sten but it did not start to replace the Sten until 1953

Original Item: Well-made of canvas and leather

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Although the British never embraced this European improvement

Original British P-1871 Martini-Henry MkII Short Lever Rifle with 1870s Date - Cleaned and Complete Hand Select:Yes Marked "RESTRICTED"Original Items. Very Few Available. Dates and Manufacturers Vary. Few military rifles are as closely associated with the height of the Victorian British Empire as the Martini Henry. Adopted during the 1870s, it armed British troops through some of the most famous colonial campaigns of the era and became forever linked with the Anglo Zulu War of 1879. The MkII Short Lever rifle is the pattern carried during the desperate fighting at Isandlwana and the