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Westley Richards 'Free State Martini' .450 falling-block breech-loader rifle

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Was used in the Anglo-Boer War around 1900 by the Free State in its war of independance against against the British. More info at samilitaryhistory.org/vol052fm.html. This one is fully licensed and I have shot it using shotgun (slow burning) powder in custom made brass cartridges.