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Boer rifles at auction 1 month 1 week ago #101859

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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

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Boer rifles at auction 1 week 5 days ago #102347

Rob D Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 1064 Thank you received: 1067	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= The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. The following user(s) said Thank You: Sturgy
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Boer rifles at auction 1 week 2 days ago #102370

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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.