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Have you seen what numrich is offering!?!?!?

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The Kyhber Pass is a 33 mile route through the Hindu Kush mountains connecting the northern frontier of Pakistan with Afghanistan. For over 100 years this part of the world has been the center of indigenous arms manufacture. The local tribal gunsmiths of this region manufactured copies of many firearms such as British Martini Henry and Lee-Enfield rifles, which are the most commonly encountered. These weapons were hand-made using a variety of raw materials and scrap metals and were often stamped with original markings and cartouches. They were issued to irregular forces so they would not steal the higher quality British or Indian rifles and desert their regiment. Typically, these rifles were of inferior quality and potentially dangerous to shoot. For this reason we have de-milled them according to ATF specifications including a section of the receiver removed, a welded, non-functioning bolt and a torched hole through the barrel chamber. No FFL required. The history of this region gives these rifles a bit of mystique and collector value. Note: Do not attempt to alter or fire this rifle. Use for display or reenactment purposes only. Also, the rifle you receive may differ slightly cosmetically than the one pictured.
 
I actually got to handle some of these at Tennessee Guns a few years ago, some of the scariest guns I ever saw ! Garanteed to go Kaboom and blow your head clean off !
 
Is the wood of good-enough quality to put some of out old girls back into trim?

I really dought that... Allot of these rifles are made as a one of a kind and not interchangeable with any other rifle. But saying that a few close ups would be intersting.
 
For this reason we have de-milled them according to ATF specifications including a section of the receiver removed, a welded, non-functioning bolt and a torched hole through the barrel chamber.

to all you guys worried about kabooming it, did you read the article?

i don't think you could shoot one round thru these even if you wanted to:)
 
Necessity became the mother of invention for these folks-kids filing/grinding receivers out of RR track,etc. I'd never fire one of these under any circumstances. Could you imagine what form of heat treatment may or may not have been applied to the receiver?
It is interesting how they have kept these old things ticking. Back when they were fighting the Russkies they found that a heavy hunk of lead from a Martini-Henry was very effective when flung thru the helicopter blades.
 
I'm thinking fun wallhanger as well. Heck, if they aren't charging for cross border transfers like regular guns it'd be a good thing for all those guys looking to do reenacting who want deacts.
 
Tempting. I'd be more worried about getting a parts bin no.4 and not an actual khyber pass gun. Tell ya what, you guys all donate 10 bucks, I'll buy one, and let you know how it looks :)

(hanging on my wall!)
 
Wellthey can't be all bad. Consider that most of their customers were locals. If the gun blew up, the relatives of the buyer or in some cases the buyer, could get very nasty.
 
Tempting. I'd be more worried about getting a parts bin no.4 and not an actual khyber pass gun.

With thanks to member Steve H. in N.Y., check the England - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here) http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=12

“Khyber Pass” Lee-Enfield No.I Mk.III* Rifle (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=17990

Article extract …..

The Khyber Pass is a border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan known for it’s local weapons industry, notably the often crude manufacture of copies of well known firearms including Lee-Enfield rifles. These “KP Special” Enfields were fairly rare here in the USA until 2007 when a quantity were imported, then they turned up in dealers’ racks and on several web sites. Unfortunately, the rifles were not always advertised as what they really were with their false markings, dubious quality and general unsuitability for firing live ammunition.

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Badger
 
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