I picked up a nice Martini Enfield last week, 1896 conversion ME I from an 1880 Enfield made Martini Henry MkIII.
All matching numbers. Metalwork has about 80%+ blue remaining, some surface rust which should clean off. Woodwork is very good, not many dings and scrapes, no major cracks found either. Butt markings very nice. Vic Gov marked.
Bore looks a little worn, but fairly sharp and shiny with no pitting.

My Martini ignorance has already been demonstrated- I'm told the cocking indicator is installed 90 deg out.
I stripped it down for cleaning on the weekend. Is there anything prettier than an Enfield blue job over a hundred years old? There are a couple small spots of pitting mainly on the wood line along the barrel, but other than that perfect! No stripped pics yet, but here's the ones I took on pick-up. Apologies for the quality of the full length pics, using a flash made it look too red....
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