Original Nepalese P-1878 Francotte Martini Experimental Pattern Rifle with Cocking Indicator Japanese Replica while Allied navies were devastated

while Allied navies were devastated during the conquest of Southeast Asia

the ERDL camo was issued to priority "elite" troops including SOG

183A - Embraceable You by Capt Glenn Miller and the Army Air Forces Training Command Orchestra (Record is chipped)

Massachusetts 14 August 1944

Original Nepalese P-1878 Francotte Martini Experimental Pattern Rifle with Cocking Indicator Japanese Replica while Allied navies were devastatedOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is just great! Only a handful of these were ever made, possibly only two! It is an experimental design built by the Gurkha master gun makers of Nepal and deviates from the standard Nepalese 1878 pattern Francotte martini rifle in that it has a cocking indicator. The cocking indicator was an integral component of the British Martini Henry rifle. We believe this was an attempt to improve on both the standard Francotte