Thumbing through Shotgun News and came to the I.M.A. several page advertisement. It goes on about how a cache of arms in Katmandu was uncovered after being hidden away for over a hundred years. It was discovered at a Palace called Lagan Silekhana. Great sales copy compete with hangings and suicides and other great smoke and mirrors.
Seems they are offering 1871 and 1885 Martini Henry rifles as well as some 1842 .75 muzzle loaders.
Anybody buy any of these?
By the way Sportsman's Guide has some of this same batch. They offer some detail and pictures.
Palace of Lagan Silekhana
The Palace of Lagan Silekhana
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Some of these have come to the UK, 40 tons to the US 10 tons to the UK I think. A colleague has been helping sort through the stuff, there is all sorts there.
This deal was years in the making and the bribes cost more than the kit.
They are also hoping to make a TV documentary of the process, tiled palace floors that used gun flints as bedding, flower beds edged in cannon shells its sounds brilliant, can't wait top get my hands on the Martinis, the Sniders and the No1 Mk111s. All with Nepalese stamps WOW!
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This deal was years in the making and the bribes cost more than the kit.
They are also hoping to make a TV documentary of the process, tiled palace floors that used gun flints as bedding, flower beds edged in cannon shells its sounds brilliant, can't wait top get my hands on the Martinis, the Sniders and the No1 Mk111s. All with Nepalese stamps WOW!
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I have one of the MkIVs from the UK batch, which I picked out of six or so that Firepower had to hand.
The bore and action internals were full of cosmoline and, after a clean up, appear virtually new. The woodwork was dark but sound, and covered in interesting stamps. The exterior metal had about 90% blue, with some minor barrel pitting under the foreend. The action sides retain most of their blue and the cipher is fairly crisp.
The MkII offered at the same time was in better condition than most of the ones being touted around at Bisley gunfairs these days. Firepower have some of the sword bayonets: the later (Mk2?) versions with button-release and unfullered blade have virtually new-condition blades - mirror finish and no dark patches!
Overall, these Nepalese rifles make very interesting "clean up" projects and potentially great shooters. (For us repressed Brits, its also quite a thrill to be able to just go out and buy a "real" rifle without any paperwork!)
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The bore and action internals were full of cosmoline and, after a clean up, appear virtually new. The woodwork was dark but sound, and covered in interesting stamps. The exterior metal had about 90% blue, with some minor barrel pitting under the foreend. The action sides retain most of their blue and the cipher is fairly crisp.
The MkII offered at the same time was in better condition than most of the ones being touted around at Bisley gunfairs these days. Firepower have some of the sword bayonets: the later (Mk2?) versions with button-release and unfullered blade have virtually new-condition blades - mirror finish and no dark patches!
Overall, these Nepalese rifles make very interesting "clean up" projects and potentially great shooters. (For us repressed Brits, its also quite a thrill to be able to just go out and buy a "real" rifle without any paperwork!)
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Brewstop,
how much were they asking?
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Adam.
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how much were they asking?
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