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Martini-Henry Rifle Series
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The Martini-Henry is a lever-action breech loading rifle developed as a quick loading cartridge rifle for use with the British Army. The weapon saw extensive service in the Zulu conflict and remained in use until it was phased out by bolt action Enfield repeating rifles and Maxim machine guns. It uses a unique bullet, a cartridge built using a .577 brass casing pinched down onto a .45 caliber .450 bullet to fit the chamber. The head spacing in the chamber must have been pretty poor to fit a round with several crimps in the case, but it proved reliable and effective for the time it served.
The Martini-Henry Rifle Series and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes of Shipka (Geroite na Shipka) | Turkish soldiers | Peabody-Martini | 1955 | |
| Zulu | Michael Caine | Lt. Gonville Bromhead | 1964 | |
| Zulu | British soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Zulu | Zulu warriors | Carbine version | 1964 | |
| Khartoum | British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists | 1966 | ||
| The Naked Prey | Cornel Wilde | The Man | 1966 | |
| The Naked Prey | Soldiers | 1966 | ||
| Young Winston | Simon Ward | Winston Churchill | 1972 | |
| Young Winston | Sikh soldiers | 1972 | ||
| R.A.S. | Jean-François Balmer | Raymond Dax | "Arabized" version, confiscated in Algerian village. | 1974 |
| Jaws | Robert Shaw | Quint | W.W. Greener Harpoon gun, based on the Martini-Henry action | 1975 |
| The Wind and the Lion | Brian Keith | President Teddy Roosevelt | Sporter version | 1975 |
| The Man Who Would be King | Sean Connery | Danny Dravot | 1975 | |
| The Man Who Would be King | Michael Caine | Peachy Carnehan | 1975 | |
| The Man Who Would be King | Native soldiers | 1975 | ||
| The Thirty Nine Steps | police | carbine | 1978 | |
| The Thirty Nine Steps | police | Artillery carbine | 1978 | |
| The Thirty Nine Steps | Robert Powell | Hannay | Artillery carbine | 1978 |
| Slavers | Ron Ely | Steve Hamilton | Mk. II | 1978 |
| Slavers | Ray Milland | Hassan | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | 1978 |
| Slavers | Various characters | "Arabized" version, Mk. II | 1978 | |
| Zulu Dawn | Bob Hoskins | CSM Williams | 1979 | |
| Zulu Dawn | Paul Copley | Corporal Storey | 1979 | |
| Zulu Dawn | British soldiers | Rifle and carbine versions | 1979 | |
| Gandhi | South African guards | 1982 | ||
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | The Thuggees | 1984 | ||
| The Art of Living in Odessa (Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse) | Sergey Migitsko | Monya Artillerist | Sawn-off rifle with pistol grip | 1989 |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Lou Diamond Phillips | Agaguk | 1992 | |
| Shadow of the Wolf | Jennifer Tilly | Igiyook | 1992 | |
| Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon | Daphne Zuniga | Minha | 1969 | |
| Adam Baldwin | Roja | |||
| The Jungle Book | Native soldiers | 1994 | ||
| Waterworld | Kevin Costner | The Mariner | Mocked as a grappling hook rifle | 1995 |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Brian McCardie | Angus Starling | 1996 | |
| The Ghost and the Darkness | Various characters | 1996 | ||
| From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter | . | Mexican soldiers | Carbine | 2000 |
| The Lost World | Tom Ward | John Roxton | Rifles with short fore-ends | 2001 |
| The Lost World | Tamati Rice | Achille (briefly) | 2001 | |
| The Four Feathers | Heath Ledger | Harry Faversham | 2002 | |
| The Four Feathers | Wes Bentley | Jack Durrance | 2002 | |
| The Four Feathers | British soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Ned Kelly | Police | 2003 | ||
| The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) | Turkish soldiers | 2005 | ||
| The Wolfman | Michael Cronin | Dr. Lloyd | Mk. III Sporterized | 2010 |
| The Wolfman | Benicio del Toro | Lawrence Tablot | Mk. III Sporterized | 2010 |
| The Wolfman | Anthony Hopkins | John Talbot | Mk. III Sporterized | 2010 |
| The Wolfman | Policemen | Mk. IV | 2010 | |
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows | Paul Anderson | Sebastian Moran | Heavily customized Sporter | 2011 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ripper Street | Various | Armed robbers | Martini-Enfield Artillery Carbine / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) | 2013 |
See Also
- Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield