Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 ZB 26-ZB 30 At the onset of hostilities

At the onset of hostilities in the Civil War

paint scuffs

shows some wear but still functional

It really does look like the real thing from just a few feet away

Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 ZB 26-ZB 30 At the onset of hostilitiesOriginal Item: Invented by General Sri Sri Sri Maharajah Gehendra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1871 1905) the Bira Double Barreled Quick Fire Rifle was a copy of the American Gardner Gun. In Martini Henry . 577 450 caliber fed from a double stacked 120rnd pan magazine (like a Lewis Gun) the weapon was fired by a crank handle not unlike the American Gatling Gun. Interestingly, however, it required cranking backwards (counter clockwise) which the Nepalis