Original Rare British Martini-Henry Rifle P-1887 MkII Sword Bayonet with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets with all three integral split

with all three integral split pins

Barrel does not appear to be a reconversion but original as manufactured

The purpose of the operation was to create a diversion for a Royal Lao Army offensive and to exert pressure on the occupation forces of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)

The tang is of the "normal" (futsu) style with an asymmetrical rounded end (haagari)

During at least part of this time

Original Rare British Martini-Henry Rifle P-1887 MkII Sword Bayonet with Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard Category_Display Guns & Parts Sets with all three integral splitOriginal Item: Straight from our discovery of arms in the royal palace of Nepal! The P 1885 Long Lever Martini Infantry Rifle was initially issued with an 18" bladed Sword Bayonet with a fullered blade and leaf spring on the locking mechanism. This was the P 1887 Mk. I. Unfortunately this design was already dated, and required too much time to make, so the design was simplified. In 1888 the P 1887 Mk. III bayonet was approved with an unfullered blade