Product Details
A TURKISH 11.3x59R (.45 TURKISH) PEABODY-MARTINI MODEL 1874 TYPE A SERVICE RIFLE, serial number F32, circa 1877, with 32 1/2 in. sighted barrel, receiver bridge stamped 'F32', falling block action, receiver with safety catch, cocking indicator and brass breach block pivot pin, with faint Turkish serial number and crest on the right side of the receiver, and traces only of the script 'PEABODY & MARTINI PATENTS / MAN'FED BY / PROVIDENCE TOOL CO. / PROV. R.I. U.S.A.' on the left, full stocked, chequered butt-plate, complete with sling swivels and clearing rod, metalwork scrubbed with much remaining blinded pitting, 49 in, overall, Turkey bought more than 600,000 Peabody-Martini rifles for use during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78
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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