Original British Westley Richards 1869 Falling Block Martini Sporting Rifle Flintlocks The musket has all the

The musket has all the 'India Pattern" features of the later P-1796 Government musket and comes complete with East India Company marked bayonet with it's unique East India Company spring catch

This is also suggested by the blue finish

29th Division

This demand brought several unique features to the 252

is also inscribed around the front face of the brass barrel

Original British Westley Richards 1869 Falling Block Martini Sporting Rifle Flintlocks The musket has all theOriginal Item: One of a kind. Before Great Britain formerly adopted the Martini Henry 1871 system the Birmingham Company of Westley Richards developed a Martini falling block rifle. This example was found in our Nepalese cache purchase of 2003. The very unusual design has been credited with being the template Nepal used to develop their GAHENDRA Martini Rifle during the 1880s. This rifle could have even been the very rifle used to develop the Gahendra