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Object ID
1976.002.005
Access Number
1976.002
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Rifle, Training
Other Name
Martini-Henry Drill Rifle
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FIREARMS & ORDNANCE
ARMES À FEU ET MUNITIONS
Martini-Henry Drill Rifle for bayonet practice
Practice (Training) Martini-Henry Rifle outline with bayonet practice with retracting rod for the muzzle. It is from around 1900. This one is missing an end rod and ball. One of two similiar rifles.
On the wooden stock is stamped: "Spencer, Heath & George / Trademark / London". The butt plate is metal. The metal is rusted and there are several white paint dots on it.
Spencer, Heath and George was at 54 Goswell Road, London, EC in 1909. In 1922 it waas listed as "Exhibitor. Manufacturers of Gymnastic Apparatus; "Abacot Registered". "Perfection" Boxing Gloves; Volley; Medicine; and Net Balls; Portable and Adjustable Boxing Stages and Rings; Medico-Mechanical Apparatus. (Stand No. H.15)"
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