Original Nepalese Gahendra .577/.450 Martini Improved Model Rifle with Side Script Manufacture Type_New Made Items Action: Side Action Percussion

Action: Side Action Percussion

The knife handle is also marked with the NSDAP State Eagle (Reichsadler)

All steel with markings (markings vary)

with the wood in great shape

Original Nepalese Gahendra .577/.450 Martini Improved Model Rifle with Side Script Manufacture Type_New Made Items Action: Side Action PercussionOriginal Item: One of a kind. This particular Late Model of Nepalese Gahendra Martini Rifle is known as the IMPROVED MODEL with SIDE SCRIPT. These were last made in the mid 1890s, when Great Britain started supplying Short Lever Mark 2 Martini Rifles in 1894. This was followed by Long Lever Mark 4 Martini Henry Rifle in 1904 and 1908. There were very few "Improved " Gahendra rifles made and they have always commanded an absolute premium, especially