Gahendra Rifle

Gahendra Rifle

The Gahendra Rifle is a .577/450 Martini–Henry breech loading military rifle manufactured by gunsmiths of the Nepal Army under the direction of General Gehendra Shamsher JBR in the early 1880s.[1] The design is a modified version of the 1869 Westley Richards patented design.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fadala, Sam (2006). The Complete Blackpowder Handbook. Gun Digest Books. p. 357. ISBN 0-89689-390-1.
  2. ↑ Walters, John (2005). Guns of the Gurkhas. Tharston Press. ISBN 978-0946696451.


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