Description
A .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY MARK III VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT (AUSTRALIA) COLONIAL SERVICE RIFLE, SIGNED B.S.A & M. Co., serial number 3193, dated 1887, with 32 1/2in. sighted and proof-marked barrel, falling-block action with slab-sided receiver marked 'S . X' (strengthened extractor) on bridge, right side marked with Queen's Crown over 'V . R / B.S.A & M.Co. / 1887 / III / I', with crown over Broad Arrow and 'V Gt / B'HAM' ownership mark, full walnut stock, butt with Birmingham and Victorian Government roundels, complete with cleaning rod, parts with inspection and WD ownership marks, heavy service wear to stock with forend losses to the sides of the cleaning rod channel. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
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A .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY MARK III VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT (AUST
wolferton-norfolk, United Kingdom
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