Original Belgian Francotte-Martini Action Big Game Tiger Rifle in .577/450 Martini-Henry by Auguste Francotte of Liège - Serial 22381 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage The Items In This Grouping

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There is also no sweatband

This is an early stamped brass example of the black wound badge

and the bayonet is definitely in solid condition

There is also a crack to the rear of the lock plate

Original Belgian Francotte-Martini Action Big Game Tiger Rifle in .577/450 Martini-Henry by Auguste Francotte of Liège - Serial 22381 Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage The Items In This GroupingOriginal Item: Only One Available. The MartiniHenry is a breech loading single shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually replacing the SniderEnfield, a muzzle loader converted to the cartridge system. MartiniHenry variants were used throughout the British Empire for 47 years. It combined the dropping block action first developed by Henry O. Peabody (in his Peabody rifle) and improved