History of the Martini Henry

[Peter_Suciu]

I recently revised and updated a piece I wrote on the history of the Martini Henry rifle:

http://www.firearmstruth.com/2010/gun-collecting-the-martini-henry-rifle-of-the-british-empire

This is absolutely one of my favorite firearms.

[Brian Wolfe]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for an informative and enjoyable article.

I've owned a couple of Martini Henrys over the years. Looking back I regret having let them go in trade.

Even though we can't keep everything I wish I'd kept my Martini Henrys.

Regards

Brian

[Stuart Bates]

This brings back memories. I well remember a high school friend who had a Martini-Henry in .308 calibre. I think it was called the "cadet" version and used by school cadet units back in the days when we had such things.

Stuart

[Mervyn Mitton]

Stuart - we had the cadet version for the Geelong Cadet Corps. Much smaller then the full sized version - but, still heavy to us. They had quite a kick when we fired them - this was back in 1949 - don't know when they withdrew them. We had Lee Enfield's when I did my National Service.

Good article Peter, I mentioned it as a cross ref. when I recently updated my IKLWA Zulu page..