Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2022 : Sale A0322 Lot 733
A .577-540 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, UNSIGNED, MODEL MARTINI-HENRY ARTILLERY CARBINE, serial no. 3849,

Product Details

* A .577-540 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'MARTINI-HENRY ARTILLERY CARBINE', serial no. 3849,
commercially produced circa 1890 for the South African market, with 21 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, small elevating ladder rear-sight, London proofs, plain receiver stamped 'Z.A.R' in large letters on both sides, the left side also with the serial number in similarly sized numbers, walnut butt-stock, iron furniture, full-length military type walnut fore-end, two iron barrel-bands and provision for clearing rod (absent), the whole darkly stained

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Estimate £400-600

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament