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| RARE!! British, Model: 1871 Martini-Henry, New Zealand Boer war ...
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RARE!! British, Model: 1871 Martini-Henry, New Zealand Boer war trophy, Cal: .577/450 Martini Henry, MFG: 1870s, S/N: None, lever action single shot rifle, 33 1/8'' barrel.
HISTORY: After the second Boer war ended, the British Imperial command allocated some of the Mausers & Martini-Henry rifles & carbines to Colonial Armies that aided them in their victory. New Zealand was the only nation to mark these arms as South African war trophies & with a register number, this is the ''S.A.T.'' over number marking. They would dish them out to Museums, government organizations, & district councils, Circa 1904. Over time they would be sold off or found their ways into private hands. The records on these guns is lost to time so there is no idea of how many New Zealand got & where they went. In his books about the Boer war, Ron Bester describes a couple of purchases by the south African government of unmarked Martini Henry rifles made from surplus military parts, this rifle fits that bill.
CONDITION: The two-piece straight wrist walnut stock is good with numerus nicks, dings, scuffs, vice marks, & scratches from use/age. The top of the wrist has two 1/2 wood chip repairs, right where the wood meets the receiver. The wood has shrunk over time & the metal is proud to the wood around the buttplate. the right cheek of the stock is stamped ''3362'', unknown if this was applied when the British captured it, or by the New Zealand government. the metal has complete toned to a chocolate brown patina. metal has spots of roughness/cleaned pitting. The rear of the receiver is stamped ''S.A.T.'', ''357''. The left upper rounded corner of the receiver has a heavily faded British proof. The left rear of the barrel is stamped with the ''52'' bore measurement in gauge, & a crown over script ''R'' proof mark. The bore is very good. Its bright & shiny with spots of roughness. The barrel holds a barleycorn front sight with a tangent ladder V-notch rear sight marked 100 to 400 on the base, & 5 to 12 on the ladder. The stock carries a steel buttplate, has scattered patina. The rifle has both bottom sling loops & a cleaning/clearing rod. Antique, No FFL Req - Value: 1000 to 2000
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