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.577-450
Also known as 11.43x60R (61R)
The .577/450 Martini–Henry is a black powder, centrefire rifle cartridge, it was the standard British service cartridge from the early 1870s that went through two changes from the original brass foil wrapped case (with 14 parts) to the drawn brass of two parts, the case and the primer. The .577/450 Martini–Henry was introduced with the Martini–Henry, in service it succeeded the .577 Snider cartridge and was used by all arms of the British armed forces as well British colonial forces throughout the British Empire until it was itself succeeded by the .303 British cartridge after an unsuccessful trial of a .402 calibre
For sale I have a Martini-Henry Mk IV made at the Enfield factory in 1887. Unfortunately the markings on the receiver are faded but they do show up in the light. Interestingly, there are no Nepalese or out-of-service markings on the metal, which you typically find on these guns. There is a...
I have four boxes of vintage Kynoch ammo for a Martini-Henry. Three boxes have ten rounds and one box has seven. Boxes are falling apart a bit. One box is dated "6/48" and the others are dated "11/49". Cartridges have a bare lead 480 grain bullet and an orange paper patch, indicating a smokless...
Hi everybody, I recently got a Martini-Henry Mk. IV from International Military Antiques and I noticed a sizeable horizontal crack on the underside of the stock. It's underneath the lever so it's hard to see until you pull the lever down. It looks like a small piece of metal was drilled or...