Treasures of the Khyber Pass - "Martini Henry" edition

[boltaction]

I found this thread and thought some might enjoy seeing photos of a Khyber Martini-Henry cavalry carbine I own. I bought it at auction, knowing full well from the photos that it was not "correct", but I just had to have it. I haven't stripped it down completely, and am not sure if I could re-orient the cocking indicator to the correct position or not. There is rifling, albeit crude, but that is to be expected for a barrel as old and rare as this one--the 1862 dated Martini barrels are amongst the scarcest and hardest to find . The chequering for the thumbrest on the receiver is rather crude. I am a little hazy on my British monarchy history, but I don't remember any recent rulers "T V".... The buttstock has some wood filler in a couple of places, and has a faint "roundel" stamp but the wood is the wrong type to be original British. Now, whether this piece was made to be used or made for the more recent tourist trade is hard to know, but either way it is a pretty neat piece, and goes nicely next to my Martini Mk I

Ed