Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by L.S.A. Co. dated 1881 Converted in 1895 - Deactivated Barrel MG 34 Feed Assembly The musket is in very

The musket is in very nice display condition

Enlisted men and NCOs were supplied with a helmet and often

under the command of Lieutenant General Lewis H

fighting the Portuguese

which sunk on that fateful morning of December 7

Original British Martini-Metford .303 A.C.III Artillery Carbine by L.S.A. Co. dated 1881 Converted in 1895 - Deactivated Barrel MG 34 Feed Assembly The musket is in veryOriginal 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