Martini Metford MK III Artillery Carbine, Royal Garrison Artillery

[pzjgr]

I just posted a MLLM over in the Enfield Forum, thought I'd post this one up in here...Picked this up from the same Gentleman who had the MLLM...

My favorite thing about it is another great marking disc, Royal Garrison Artillery. Especially neat is the connection the unit has to Bermuda, which is my favorite place in the world, and somewhere I spent a lot of time on, and a lot of time exploring the forts.

The RGA manned the coastal artillery emplacements at the Royal Navy Dockyard, and other Coastal Batteries around Bermuda...don't know if I could ever connect this carbine with Bermuda, but they were there.

Its in nice shape. The original butt rondel is a bit faint, but visible. Several Sold out of Service marks, with CC, which, IIRC, means it was in the Cadet Corps when disposed of.

Other than that, I don't know much about these, except they were first converted when the .303 was new, thus the Metford rifling, and not the later Enfield. It makes a nice companion piece to the Martini Enfield Rifle I got years ago from Ken Chaffer in Oz...

Hope you guys like looking at it as much as I do!

Any input, or any info on whether or not this gun with the unit mark and year info could be pinpointed to Bermuda would be especially appreciated.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.