Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 Receiver Top Cover LEITH HALL ARMOURY

LEITH HALL ARMOURY

Serial # 79543 with a very worn stock cartouche

Some leather wear at buckle

that is in near excellent condition

Please note that most cans will be packed in cosmoline (grease)

Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 Receiver Top Cover LEITH HALL ARMOURYOriginal Item: Invented by General Sri Sri Sri Maharajah Gehendra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1871 1905) the Bira Double Barreled Quick Fire Rifle was a copy of the American Gardner Gun. In Martini Henry . 577 450 caliber fed from a double stacked 120rnd pan magazine (like a Lewis Gun) the weapon was fired by a crank handle not unlike the American Gatling Gun. Interestingly, however, it required cranking backwards (counter clockwise) which the Nepalis