Original Nepalese 19th Century Big Game Percussion Rifle Martini-Henry Bayonets (Bayonet and scabbard not included

(Bayonet and scabbard not included

British officials designated the fierce Gurkhas as a "Martial Race"

And it just keeps getting better with age

The cleaning rod has a machined steel swivel handle

as it was not developed in time for use in World War II but later

Original Nepalese 19th Century Big Game Percussion Rifle Martini-Henry Bayonets (Bayonet and scabbard not includedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This started life, the barrel anyway, as a quality big game sporting rifle. It has seen much better days unfortunately. Discovered in the old Palace of Lagan Silekhanna in 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal, condition was frightful, being covered in maybe 150 years of filth and grime. The bore of the heavy barrel is so used the rifling is absent. The percussion lock is clearly an old local replacement and the stock, although