I am sitting in front of a MH Cavalry Carbine that looks kosher:

Correct small cocking indicator, correct radiusing on receiver front, front band looks good, clearing rod present, "sold out of service" double arrows on butt adjacent to the traces of the original butt roundel marking and on forward LH side of receiver.

There is a tiny arrow pointing down from Crown on RHS. Cannot see any colonial markings.

My query involves the date: 1888.

I am a Lee Enfield kind of bloke, so my question is: Is this date real?

Digital camera has brain-fade, so no pix yet.
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