Rifle
Description
A converted Martini Enfield Mark I .303 calibre lever action rifle with a 30 inch barrel. The barrel number " 1827 " is under the cap wood. " 3726 " is the New Zealand rack number. " 8/HG 985"
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This
rifle
was
originally
made
in
1886
by
London
Small
Arms
Ltd
as
a
Martini
Henry
Mark
III
and
then
converted
in
1897
by
the
Henry
Rifle
Barrel
Company
into
a
.303
calibre.
It
was
delivered
to
New
Zealand
in
1898
for
use
by
rifle
volunteers
before
being
sold
from
service
in
circa
1910.
It
was
later
impressed
for
Home
Guard
service
in
World
War
II.
The
remnants
of
a
white
band
on
the
butt,
which
was
then
removed,
shows
how
mistakes
were
sometimes
made
in
this
registration
process.
This
white
band
was
used
to
denote
that
a
weapon
was
a
non-standard
calibre,
which
would
have
been
true
if
it
had
not
already
been
converted
to
.303
calibre.
Accession number
A76.875
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