Martini Henry MKIV

[loiner1965]

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[Huttles94]

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Odd, I edited the link, does it work now?

[clueless]

Very nice rifle, I have been looking for a Carbine version for a bit now but they seem to be almost impossible to find in good condition, are you planning on shooting it or is it just a wall hanger?

I shot one a couple of years ago and it was great fun

[loiner1965]

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are you sure its a c variant as most b versions have a barleycorn front sight and a letter b in front of the serial number on the knox form like yours does.
obviously this is not set in stone but i cannot see your front sight which should be a ramp if a c version
and they shouldnt be a wooden plug on the butt where they filled in to adapt to a longer lever

[Huttles94]

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are you sure its a c variant as most b versions have a barleycorn front sight and a letter b in front of the serial number on the knox form like yours does.
obviously this is not set in stone but i cannot see your front sight which should be a ramp if a c version
and they shouldnt be a wooden plug on the butt where they filled in to adapt to a longer lever

It does indeed have a ramp front sight, also the B pattern (according to Neil Aspinshaw's book) does not have the two sets of inspection marking. I also have been told that the serial numbers on the B variants are on the right side of the knox form and not the left though I dont know if this is true.

[loiner1965]

It does indeed have a ramp front sight, also the B pattern (according to Neil Aspinshaw's book) does not have the two sets of inspection marking. I also have been told that the serial numbers on the B variants are on the right side of the knox form and not the left though I dont know if this is true.

not sure myself as my reading on it was ramp sight C version
barley corn sight with b before serial was a b version and without b then its an A
neil is the man on martini henrys so i would get in touch with him......username on martini henry forum is zulu neil
makes no odds which version it is as they all shoot ok

[ogilkes]

You might find this John Walters production useful

https://www.archivingindustry.com/Gu...s/gunmarks.pdf

[Huttles94]

Very nice rifle, I have been looking for a Carbine version for a bit now but they seem to be almost impossible to find in good condition, are you planning on shooting it or is it just a wall hanger?

I shot one a couple of years ago and it was great fun

I do not have an FAC so its a hanger for now but I do plan on getting one in the future and this is one I will most certainly plan on shooting when I do.

Also there are a few carbines in the upcoming Holts Auction. Though one is a kyber pass copy, another a commercial gun and the best one is a IC1 artillery carbine (wrongly listed as a cavalry carbine). I have an IC1 artillery carbine which is in shootable condition (mint bore but pitting under barrel but due to thickness I dont this this is an issue. Would still get it checked before I shoot it though) and a BSA commercial carbine which is in a sorry state (missing breech block and bore is fuzzy, but with some work it might be a shooter since there is less pitting on the underside of the barrel then the IC1).

[Ranyhyn]

I do not have an FAC so its a hanger for now but I do plan on getting one in the future and this is one I will most certainly plan on shooting when I do.

It's a crime not to use this rifle! Lovely buy

[loiner1965]

It's a crime not to use this rifle! Lovely buy

its certainly an experience if you use a military load of 85gns of bp and a bullet around 480-500 gns
most reloaders stick to around 65 - 70 gns for accuracy

[1873]

I don't know if this link will work, but this is me firing my Martini-Henry Mk1V on the zero range at Bisley about seven years ago. Let's see....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqeHwrAjxh4

I found that using coarse black powder is much more pleasant than using medium. This didn't kick too badly at all, quite mild actually, but using medium turns it into a spiteful *****. It's back off ticket now and I don't shoot it anymore, but it was a lot of fun for a few years.