I really liked the Zulu movies when I was a lad and a recent post on another forum about the restoration of a Afghan pattern Martini Henry from IWA got me to thinking. So........yesterday my Nepalese Martini Henry MK IV C came in the mail. Covered in dried yak fat (Nepalese cosmoline), dirt and brick dust but in pretty good condition for something put together in 1887. The wood looks solid and I am not seeing a lot of rust as of yet. This is going to be a fun cleanup project. When I get it done I am going to hang it on the wall next to a Turk Mauser. I will need to get a repro pith helmet to hang with it.
First pics.
First pics.




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