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.303 MARTINI-HENRY
CARBINE
(DISPLAY ONLY)
KHYBER PASS COPY OF THE .303 BSA
MARTINI-HENRY Mk III DATED 1903. BSA WAS NOT MAKING ANY Mk III
RIFLES IN 1903. NO BSA PROOFMARKS. ANY MARKINGS ARE CRUDE AND VERY
BAD QUALITY. WAR DEPARTMENT STAMP IS UPSIDE DOWN. THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF PARTS AND MARKINGS ON THIS SPECIMEN THAT ARE INCORRECT, INCLUDING
THE REAR SIGHT MARKINGS. SOME PROOFS HAVE BEEN POLISHED
INTENTIONALLY TO OBSCURE THE INCORRECT MARKINGS. THERE IS A HIGH
PROBABILITY THAT THE STEEL IS NOT "PUKKA" AND MUST NOT BE FIRED. THE
FIRING PIN HAS BEEN CUT SO AS TO PROVIDE MECHANICAL FUNCTION WITHOUT
THE CAPEABILTY OF FIRING. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT LOOK-ALIKE OF
THE REAL MARTINI-HENRY CARBINE FOR DISPLAY (WALL HANGER) ONLY. AS IT
WAS IMPORTED AS A FIREARM, IT IS STILL SUBJECT TO REGULATION OF THE
1968 GCA. EVEN THAT IT QUALIFIES AS A C & R, IT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS
AN ANTIQUE. GENERALLY SPEAKING THIS SPECIMEN IS A KHYBER PASS FRAUD,
AS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY IMPORTED BY UNSUSPECTING U.S. IMPORTERS. |
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