Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. These antique guns are not sold in live condition.
Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms).
#Are francotte pattern martini henrys safe license
No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899.
IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these. NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). Although the British never embraced this European improvement, these "Improved System Rifles" saw much service on frontiers all over the World. 303 cal Lee Metford bolt action Rifle's introduction into the British Military System. Revolutionary at the time by compartmentalizing the mechanism for quick disassembly, it only lasted 10 years as the latest technology. In 1878 the Francotte patent Martini System was granted utilizing a detachable mechanism fitted without the Cocking Indicator. The barrel still shows clear Henry style rifling, though the last few inches closest to the muzzle show significant oxidation.Ī rare Francotte Martini circa 1885 in cleaned and restored condition, ready to display! It cycles, cocks, and dry fires with a hard trigger pull. It has been fully restored, and is actually in quite nice shape for its age and what it has been through. This nice example is one of the very few that we received that were able to be restored to complete condition. Rifles in time for the State Visit of King George V during that year. By 1912 Britain had gifted Nepal 2,000 of the most current P-1907 S.M.L.E. A great innovation however developed too late to become standard issue having been replaced by the Gahendra Martini Rifle.Īll Martini manufacture stopped abruptly in 1894 when Great Britain relented, and allowed the release of thousands of British Martini Henry Short Levers into Nepal, followed by Long Lever Martini Henry Rifles in 19. They also did experiment with the Francotte cocking indicator project but was a short lived venture. The Nepalese/Gurkhas manufactured the Francotte until they adopted the Martini-Gahendra in 1885. However by so doing the Francotte was not fitted with a "Cocking Indicator" which turned out to be a serious drawback. It "improved" the British 1871 version in that the "action" was removable as one unit and, not only as parts as the British Rifle. 
but the Nepalese found a Belgian "improved Martini" the Francotte in 1878 and promptly put it into production. When the British adopted the Martini Henry in 1871 this was not an item Britain was ready to share.
However, as with many of the areas in the Empire,the British were reluctant to give them the latest technology. The Kingdom of Nepal in the Himalayas, a State under British "influence" since 1816, was constantly in need of the latest Military Equipment with which to discourage their neighbors.
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