Product Details
A RARE TRANSVAAL .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY 'ROMANIAN' MODEL, SIGNED STEYR, serial number H 6406, dated 1883, with 20 1/2 in. sighted barrel stamped with Union of South Africa ownership mark, 'H6406' and '900', left side of receiver stamped with ornate OEWG mark containing 'STEYR * 1883', plus 'Z A R / 4735' and 'H 4608' over, bridge stamped 'D P' and Union of South Africa ownership mark, left side of butt with similar OEWG mark to left and various other marks including '6406', sporterised in the Boer fashion with shortened fore-end and barrel, clearing rod absent, ladder sight bent, stock heavily bruised with many deep dents plus chipped losses at the junction of the butt and the receiver, heel with a replaced large inlay, front barrel band from a British service rifle [WD and Enfield inspection marked], decommissioned with the barrel having been spiked through the insertion of a steel rod and a hole drilled through the bottom of the barrel, 37 1/2 in. overall length
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Estimate £300-500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament