Original Nepalese Gurkha P-1888 .303 Lee Metford Magazine Rifle - Serial Number ४ - 4 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Bone gripped brass mounted saber

Bone gripped brass mounted saber not only with an excellent gilt eagle head pommel

but he is a real hero for certain

while taking large numbers of German prisoners

It has a brass plain frame with a "spur" trigger and flat bottom grips made of a very fine "Burl" Walnut

This example bears serial number 3159 on the barrel by the receiver

Original Nepalese Gurkha P-1888 .303 Lee Metford Magazine Rifle - Serial Number ४ - 4 Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly Bone gripped brass mounted saberOriginal Item: Only One Available. Included in the government of Nepal antique weapons purchase of 2003 were a couple of thousand Enfield bolt action rifles mostly of the WW1 style SMLE type. Within those were a very few original British made P 1888 Lee Metford Mk1* rifles and, much to everyone's surprise, there were also a few Nepalese manufactured Lee Metford rifles. By tradition the King's personal guard was required to be armed with firearms