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Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:45 pm
by Mike357
A club member has posted this picture on our Forum and asked us to name the rifle.
I'm cheating by tapping into the vast knowledge on FBUK. Anybody know the make & model? Looks like Ovenpaa :lol:
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:57 pm
by rox
Martini Henry Mk 1-3?
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:59 pm
by Christel
Martini Henry of some sort?
I would just like to point out that Ovenpaa has a beard so it can't be him.
:)
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:08 pm
by 20series
Martini Henry Carbine!
If you google Martini Henry on the images section the same picture comes up!!
http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&so ... artini+hen
Alan
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:17 pm
by Mike357
Many thanks, pity there is no prize.
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 6:22 pm
by ovenpaa
Nice picture and yes it looks like a MH.
For no good reason it reminds me of the picture from WWI of a British solder with his horse which is down, by the side of the road. From memory they are quite near a building and it is captioned 'Goodbye old friend' or similar. if anyone knows the picture please do shout.
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:51 am
by Jenks
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:43 am
by spud
the horse was called hegerty and the bloke with the gun was called Stan
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:21 am
by ovenpaa
Thanks Jenks, yes that was the one.
Re: Help - name that rifle
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:59 pm
by Blackstuff
Hope i'm not offending anyone here but was that uniform based on American bell-boys or vice-versa?? :lol: