Thread: Old Single shot rifle

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

@grandpamac Under the top handguard there will be another S. That's the full sold out of service mark, 2 broad arrows nose to nose with an S either side.
The back numbers go up to 4000, so yours is a reasonably early one

Thanks for that @Marty Henry,
Mine is stamped 193 just behind the breech block so perhaps it went to Africa with the first two contingents. It is far from original now though. Do we know if the Martinis were delivered in batches or one big shipment? Mine was manufactured in 1881 and converted in 1896.
Regards Grandpamac.