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Both in the Nov 2025 Holts sale, these two Boer rifles are obsolete calibre and need no permit or licence to possess.

Fine Modern & Antique Guns - November 2025 : Sale A1125 Lot 704
* AN 8x60Rmm PORTUGUESE STEYR GUEDES MODEL M1885/86 FALLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, serial no. 8110


Lot 716 TRANSVAAL .577/450 'VIER POND' MARTINI-HENRY RIFLE, UNSIGNED, serial number ZAR 1953

Forummers may also be interested in a Natal contract carbine from the AZW www.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/fullcatalog...refno=234429&image=3
And a Cape contract rifle typically used by blockhouse guards and TGs.
www.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/fullcatalog...o=++235422&saletype=

Wilson55 sale 22 October 2025
www.wilson55.com/auction/lot/lot-51---we...sd=0&pp=96&pn=1&g=1#
Lot 51
Westley Richards ZAR 577/450 Martini Henry rifle, serial number 15459, stamped 'Specially Made for ZAR' (South African Republic, 'Zuid Afikaansche Republiek') Section 58 (2) Antique / obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence.


Sold for £1150

Recently added to the Nov 2025 Holts sale, another ZAR Martini Henry. These are obsolete calibre and need no permit or licence to possess.
Sale A1125 Lot 751 a .577/.450 TRANSVAAL MARTINI-HENRY SERVICE RIFLE SIGNED WESTLEY RICHARDS dated 1897, with 32 1/2in. sighted barrel with Birmingham proof-marks plus 'HENRY RIFLING' and 'WESTLEY RICHARDS', nocksform with '24' and Westley Richards triangle containing '1897', right side of receiver with 'MADE SPECIALLY FOR / Z. A. R. (Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek), with 'WESTLEY RICHARDS' and triangle over, full stock, butt stamped '22' behind receiver, complete with clearing rod and sling.