Original British Vickers Family Handwritten Letter of First Maxim Gun Test Fire - A Note That Changed the World- Dated April 8th, 1885 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles Musket is in very good

Musket is in very good overall condition

The original sling swivels were removed during the conversion

Group B: Receiver

Battery Case CS-128-A - used to fit to the bottom of the radio to house the battery

This pattern of musket originated in the 1750’s and saw significant use during the Revolution

Original British Vickers Family Handwritten Letter of First Maxim Gun Test Fire - A Note That Changed the World- Dated April 8th, 1885 Category_Martini-Henry Rifles Musket is in very goodOriginal Item: One of a kind. Too few people know that the American inventor Hiram Maxim of Maine had in fact invented a light bulb rivaling that of Thomas Alva Edison and that the Edison organization paid Maxim off with $20,000 per year in 1883 to withdraw from the electricity business and to leave the United States for a minimum of ten years. Maxim travelled to England and pursued his second passion, his system to create the first true machine gun.