FRANCOTTE MARTINI HENRY PLUS
Lock marked to the outside Made especially for ZAR on one side and Westley Richards & Co plus Triangular trade mark on the other. Francotte (Liege) detachable lock held in place by large retaining screw, with an integral cocking indicator. 500/.450 (NO.1 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) SWINBURNS PATENT SPORTING RIFLE. 450/577 Martini Henry rifle made for Z.A.R. Francotte martini henry rifle has francotte action, cocking indicator and. I suspect the Francotte Tenon might be metric, but is close to a inch pattern and I have always been able to fit using inch dimensions. 577/.500 (NO.2 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) MARTINI-HENRY PATENT SPORTING RIFLE, & A. I first heard about the martini-henry family of rifles and carbines last year. If the action is a Francotte the barrel trenon wil be even smaller. (.577/450).Includes the action, lever, trigger, stock (which has heavy wear, cracks, old repairs, wood rot, etc), steel barrel, 2 steel barrel bands, steel cleaning rod and steel butt plate. (.577/450) This auction is for a Nepalese Martini-Francotte (aka. I have found a good deal of variance in the length of receiver ring and some diameter differences. Sellers Description: Nepalese P-1878 Martini-Francotte (aka.Gahendra) Short Lever Rifle. Length 32.750' Dia.187' This rod is an accurate copy of the early M.H. cleaning rod suitable for the Mk.1 Martini Henry rifle. Early ones are clearly 55 degree Whitworth, later appear to be 60 degree. Mk 1 Martini Henry Cleaning Rod (ML2) Ref: S685 Early type, M.H. Admittedly the BSA ones are more common, but Greener. 710 x 1.090 x 14 V-tpi This tenon is always very uniform except in form. Chipmaker, I can tell you from experience that there is a small but valid difference in the dimensions of the Cadet actions as made by BSA and Greener. If you have a question about the authenticity of one of these rifles, visit the Martini forum on or the Martini forum at The Greener action has a larger barrel tenon. There have been failure reported, mainly in the knuckle seat. Warning however they are a great number of counterfeit Martini's and they should be avoided. Although it predates standardization, the MH-ME tenons and threads are very uniform and cutting to the dimension will fit most actions. I do not feel from the ones I have done that they are Whitworth-the pattern antidates standardization. I have never been able to clearly tell if the thread on these rifles are Whitworth or not. They are different.Ī real Martini Henry/Martini Enfield will be. The Martini-Henry is probably most remembered for the role it played during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 at the Battle of Rorke's Drift where a small garrison of British soldiers repelled an attack made by a very large force of Zulu warriors.First you need to be sure its a Martini Henry and not a Greener Martini. It was a real bargain, there some chips in the stock and I'm probably going to ahve to re-finish her and the metal is corroded in some spots and needs a good cleaning (I got the receiver to clean up pretty nicely) but still this was something that couldn't be passed up! To add icing on the cake, I think she's in good enough condition to fire! I lowered the lever once I got it loose and pulled the trigger to here a good, strong "tink" noise (I know there's more to it than that and she needs to be examined by a gunsmith first but it's a step in the right direction!). Francotte Martini Henry rifle History note Commissioned from Francotte by Westley Richards, to fulfill an order reputed to be for 36,000 rifles from the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek.
These Martini-Henry's were unearthed at an old british arsenal in Nepal. britains legendary single-shot martini-henry rifle achieved its greatest the mission station at rorkes drift has become one of historys most famous last read the next article: m30 luftwaffe dril. Finally came yesterday! There's a beautiful, Victorian lady under all of that grit! I bought it from IMA-USA "untouched" for $200. Francotte martini henry rifle has francotte action, cocking indicator and disassembly catch.
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