New Martini Henry MK IV

[Aragorn243]

Been wanting one for a couple of years but not having much luck finding them. Noticed a fellow putting them up on Gunbroker and happened to take note of his location. Turns out he's 15 minutes from me so I made arrangements to see a few on Thursday evening. He pulled half a dozen out for me, some cleaned, some untouched. I took a chance and opted for an untouched one. These are from the Nepal stash, he handpicked them when he purchased them and out of 60, he only found one with a bad bore.

Seller on Gunbroker is: markthenav

Based on my experience with him, he's very knowledgeable and describes his rifles in great detail. He does not to my knowledge sell untouched on gunbroker but his cleaned ones are quite reasonable.

Mine is complete, came apart with only one problem, the cocking indicator was beat to crap and did not come out easily, in fact part of it sheared off going through. It had been flattened larger than the hole. It was not an issue with the screw. I'll have to build it back up with a weld I guess and retouch the end. Bore is very nice but the weirdest rifling I've ever seen. Almost no rust on exterior but some pitting under the wood line on the barrel, nothing deeper than about a 32nd of an inch. Wood is solid, has some light tiger striping. Took me about 5 hours to strip, clean and reassemble it. Now for a few more coats of BLO.

If you can tell me anything about the history or the markings, I'd appreciate it.

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