British Martini-Henry Mk I Striker, British Marked Price_$-030 - $50 All together 6 779 -

All together 6 779 - 1st pattern were made according to Robert Wilkinson Latham

Offered in fine condition

these are excellent new made

Orders were issued on 2 April 1921 which directed all national colors be manufactured without the yellow fringe and without the words "U

A similar conversion of the M1917 also produced the larger M2 Machine Gun

British Martini-Henry Mk I Striker, British Marked Price_$-030 - $50 All together 6 779 -Original Item: The first striker issued with the early Martini Henry rifles was the Mk I. It immediately turned out to be too fragile, and before the initial field testing of the Martini was done, the Mk I was replaced with a strengthened version, the Mk II. The Mk I was in use for such a very short time that it may be the rarest Martini component part. IMA has found a very, very few original British Mk I strikers among the Mk II and Mk III Martini