Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Hand Select:No British Issue Martini Henry 3rd

British Issue Martini Henry 3rd Model Brass Muzzle and Foresight Cover (without hole for cleaning rod)

5” W x 14” H

they have been in storage and moved around multiple times

Web belts were all that were available in the first war

We believe these to have been manufactured in the early late 19th century

Vickers All-Steel Feed Block Body Hand Select:No British Issue Martini Henry 3rdOriginal Item: While the vast majority of Vickers machine gun feed blocks were made of brass, a few were made of steel because of the improved wear characteristics. The manufacture of the steel blocks was discontinued, however, because of the greatly increased time to machine them. Consequently, all steel blocks are hard to find today. IMA has found a few of these steel blocks. The blocks are in good to very good condition.