Martini-Henry Converted rifle 410

[Gun Watch]

Martini-Henry Converted rifle £850 410 Shotgun Trade Seller Used - Average Condition Kettering , Northamptonshire Martini action , Skeet, -, 30" barrels

Description

Where do I start!!! 14 1/4 pull to the Only trigger
Originally a Martini Henry service rifle from the 1880’s
Converted to 303 in the early 1900’s then converted to 303 nitro prior to WW2
Now bored 410
2 inch chamber
Nitro proof
Original forend wood with original bayonet fixing and barrel bands
Original ladder rear sight ( although the slider is loose)
The stock is off a later Martini from WW2 era we believe
We may well have a better match of stock if the buyer wishes to swap it ( pictures on request)

I’ve seen a few of these Henry’s Never one this good
It has some light pitting on the outside of the barrel, but so would you if you’d had all then bladdy spears chucked at you
The bore is mint Spotless
What a bit of English history Well over 100 years old
Chance in a lifetime!!!!!!!!!
Open to cash offers, No tradin’s Sensible offers Only
I’m tempted to keep it !!!!!!!

This gun is being sold by Pigeon Watch member wabbitbosher. Message them here

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[Duckandswing]

What an absolute beauty!

[clakk]

Learned to shoot with 1 of these beauties at school,converted to .22l/r ,our ex RAF instructor used to so the old zulu,s lads ,big un,s with spears long before the fast show

[getthegat]

I remember dad have 3 of those, one bored to 410, another to 20 gauge and the other a .22 rifle with prismatic sights. The twenty had no choke, bored straight through, about a 24" barrel, steel but pad, used to kick like a mule and no range.