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HillBilly I am not as fast as I used to be 20 years ago but some things are slower than I. Visited a collector this morning who asked not to be identified. He did not have the OVS engraved on the receivers of the 1896 Mausers as I thought he may have. However he knew about it and said the Martini Henry also had it that was made on order for the ZAR (Zuid-Afrikaanshe Republiek) South African Republic government.

He had a heck of a lot of very interesting stuff of which there were one or two he asked me not to take pictures of.

However here are a few pics of rifles from the Anglo Boer War (1899 - 1902). First Anglo Boer War was 1880 - 1881. I remembered to ask.



Above: An old flint lock original in absolute mint condition, just for the heck of it and was not used in the ABW.



Above: One of more than 10 Martini Henry's in the collection.



Above: The Mauser that belonged to Genl Beyers in almost mint condition.



Above: I cannot remember the details or even begin to translate the side loading mechanism. Anybody please do an English on this version. Below is a second picture.



Above: Loading mechanism open.



Above: A battle we would sooner forget. Most of the SA POW's were deported to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where they had to stay busy. JZ Venter would have done the carvings with a pocket knife for the Tommy owner of that rifle. The following picture is the reverse side of the same rifle and that's how I know Venter carved it!

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Above: The other side of the stock.

Due to many reasons I will hopefully have more pictures in the next few days.