Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by L.S.A. Co. dated 1881 Converted in 1895 - Deactivated Barrel MP 34 The label is still 100%

The label is still 100% intact and easily readable

Beneath the bombs is large an embroidered patch that reads:

The rifle we offer here is a Spanish made Oviedo Saddle ring Carbine

Colt Revolver and Swords (1861)'

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Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by L.S.A. Co. dated 1881 Converted in 1895 - Deactivated Barrel MP 34 The label is still 100%Original Item: Only One Available. The Martini Metford was effectively a Martini Henry Mk III rebarrelled to . 303 and with a new extractor installed. These conversions started in 1889, and used Metford rifled barrels, which were more than suitable for the first . 303 cartridges, which used black powder as a propellant. However, the Metford rifling wore out very quickly when fired with cordite nitrocellulose cartridges (introduced in 1895) and so in