Obsolete Calibre Martini Henry MK II Rifle SN. 00SX -

Obsolete calibre .577/450 Martini Henry Rifle in good overall condition, with full working action and good bore. 1888 dated and crown and broad arrow stamped, with Sussex Regiment stamps. The Martini Enfield first entered service with the British Empire in 1871 and remained in use with some colonial troops until the early 1920s. The large calibre .577/450 bullet could cause terrible injury at ranges out to 1800 metres and by all accounts the Martini could shoot accurately out to close to these ranges when used by British `Lifers’. They are still in use in some of the more arcane parts of the world and have even been recovered in Taliban weapon caches in Afghanistan recently! Obsolete calibre, no licence required.