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I assume that the OP has taken the images out of his gallery, his posts on this topic having been some five months ago .....

At any rate, they were of a Mark IV Martini-Henry, including these...

Yes.

Most of them appear to be wearing either the scarlet "field frock", as seen in this Frederic Remington painting "North West Mounted Police 1887" .....
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Ian:

In my collection is a Martini-Metford cavalry carbine with this mark on the butt -

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2013/03/MM_05_detail_zpsc5560e8d-1.jpg

It is a nice little...

Ian:

My apologies for perhaps sounding a bit "snarky" .... but I was indeed getting the impression that you were unwilling to be dissuaded from what you had been told about this rifle. (I also...

Sorry Ian, but the Sergeant in this photograph is not holding a Mark IV, although I realize you want to convince yourself that he is ...... Look at the size of the triggerguards in the two side-on...

Ian:

The rifle being held by the Sergeant is clearly not a Mark IV, as the lever is definitely not long enough for that. If it were a Mk IV, the loop of the lever would actually be well out of...

Frank:

Seems I seldom get to this forum, and thus only saw your thread now ..... First, a quick reminder that your carbine is actually chambered for .50-60 Peabody, not .56-50 as indicated in...

Did you mean to attach photos? If so, I am not seeing any. What sort of NWMP markings does the rifle have?

If it is a Mark IV, as you say, I doubt if it is legitimate, since Canada never...

Hal O'P -

Yes, indeed.

("Oldtimers' Disease" has me ever more firmly in its grasp, so I kinda "disremember" - :dunno: - were you the kind soul who referred me to them?)

That is a good observation, Riflechair! ;)
It is an excellent resource, chock-full of detail. In fact, although I seem to have acquired something of an internet reputation as a minor "expert"...

Right .... there is no such beast as a Canadian-made No. 1 Lee-Enfield .... the best you can hope for is a Canadian-marked one.

Claven2 - I stand corrected! :surrender:

Going back to read the other threads, I see that the comments I mentioned were in fact made in relation to DOM tubing (reportedly used in the barrels of...

IIRC, that was mentioned on one of the other threads I referred to, but a subsequent contribution from a metallurgist indicated that, in the industry, the term "seamless tubing" can simply mean that...

There has been a great deal of online discussion of late regarding an Indian-made Brown Bess repro which suffered
a rather spectacular barrel failure during a re-enactment event ... :yikes:
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If you didn't mean quite that "early" and don't want to go the flintlock route as suggested by Claven2 and Badger, then you would need to seek out one of the following:

1. For the period of...

I bought my 1943 Long Branch dewat from Stencollector, also.

I'm no expert on Stens or dewats, but in my view the work is topnotch. (Only complaint is that it probably looks better now than...

JHC:

Welcome to the .455 club! (I now own 9 revolvers chambered for .455!)

.455 Webley cartridges come in two case lengths - max. OAL 0.870" (Mark I) and max. OAL 0.760" (Mark II). The...

Took my newly-acquired full-milspec MkIII Ross out to the range today, basically just for a "function test" - no benching, no paper - got there latert than I'd hoped to, and it was too "cool" to want...

I've been wondering that myself - though I suppose it must have happened with some.

Absolutely no sign of any rivet or pinning on this one, anyway .... :dunno:

As a military collectable, I...

Just received this the other day (purchased from Jean at P&S Guns & Militaria) and managed to snap a few pictures yesterday. Full original military configuration - in fact, this one is so...

Wicked looking item, indeed.

I'm also partial to the British Yataghan sword bayonets, originally intorduced in the 1850's for use with some of the models of muzzle-loading Enfields, then continued...

A pretty good summary of 20th Century Canadian military issue and private-purchase knives -

http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Edged_Tools

Nice slings! IIRC, a lot of NZ (and also Australian) web gear during WWII was Canadian-produced.

FWIW ... and you may already be aware of this ... the maker-mark ZL&T Ltd stands for Zephyr Looms...

Yesterday evening I received the latest addition to my collection of Canadian/British military firearms.

It is a Canadian-made Inglis No. 1 Mk1* Browning High Power pistol - i.e. the "Chinese"...

Claven2:

Looking forward to seeing the rest of your Finnish arms!

I hope you won't mind if I attempt to inject a wee bit of semi-related humour here ... a number of years ago I was lunching in...