Original Martini-Henry Rifle Short Cocking Indicator for MkIII, MKIV Rifles Hand Select:No Original examples of this holster

Original examples of this holster are nearly impossible to find today

Approved by King George III in June 1773 this 28" flintlock saddle ring carbine was named after General George Augustus Eliott commander of the 15th or "The Kings's Own Royal Light Dragoons"

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in India

Standard design employed an octagon barrel

pushing the breech block (with fresh cartridge above and fired case below both held in in the T-slot) forward

Original Martini-Henry Rifle Short Cocking Indicator for MkIII, MKIV Rifles Hand Select:No Original examples of this holsterOriginal Item: Officially known as the Mk III cocking indicator this is the short later indicator. Designed for Mk3 4 rifles, IC1 carbines, M. E & M. M .