Martini-Henry Rifle Series

Martini-Henry Mk. I (1871-1876) - .577-.450 caliber

Martini-Henry Mk. II (1877-1881) - .577-.450 caliber

Martini-Henry Mk. III (1881-1888) - .577-.450 caliber

Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450 caliber

Martini-Henry Carbine 1881 - .577-.450 caliber

Martini-Henry "Sporter" modified by the famous London gunsmith J. Rigby - .577-.450 caliber

"Arabized" Martini Henry with belt and foil cartridges - .577-.450 caliber

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.

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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
		British soldiers
		Zulu warriors	Carbine version
Khartoum		British and Egyptian soldiers and the Mahdists		1966
The Naked Prey	Cornel Wilde	The Man		1966
		Soldiers
Young Winston	Simon Ward	Winston Churchill		1972
		Sikh soldiers
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
	Michael Caine	Peachy Carnehan
		Native soldiers
The Thirty Nine Steps		police	carbine	1978
		police	Artillery carbine
	Robert Powell	Hannay	Artillery carbine
Slavers	Ron Ely	Steve Hamilton	Mk. II	1978
	Ray Milland	Hassan	"Arabized" version, Mk. II
		Various characters	"Arabized" version, Mk. II
Zulu Dawn	Bob Hoskins	CSM Williams		1979
	Paul Copley	Corporal Storey
		British soldiers	Rifle and carbine versions
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	Martini-Henry action pistol	1989
Shadow of the Wolf	Lou Diamond Phillips	Agaguk		1992
	Jennifer Tilly	Igiyook
Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon	Daphne Zuniga	Minha		1993
	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
		Various characters
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
	Tamati Rice	Achille (briefly)
The Four Feathers	Heath Ledger	Harry Faversham		2002
	Wes Bentley	Jack Durrance
		British soldiers
Ned Kelly		Police		2003
The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit)		Turkish soldiers		2005
The Wolfman	Michael Cronin	Dr. Lloyd	Mk. III Sporterized	2010
	Benicio del Toro	Lawrence Tablot	Mk. III Sporterized
	Anthony Hopkins	John Talbot	Mk. III Sporterized
		Policemen	Mk. IV
Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows	Paul Anderson	Sebastian Moran	Heavily customized Sporter	2011
The Lost City of Z	Charlie Hunnam	Col. Percy Fawcett	Mk. III Artillery Carbine	2017
	Robert Pattinson	Henry Costin	Mk. III
	Tom Holland	Jack Fawcett	Trade Pattern Martini-Enfield
		Bolivian soldiers	Mk. III

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

Video Game

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Assassin's Creed Unity	"Silver-Plated Musket"		anachronistic for French Revolution	2014
Battlefield 1	"Martini-Henry"			2016

Anime

Film/TV Show	Character	Note	Date
The Empire of Corpses	British soldiers		2015
Princess Principal	Princess Principal	Ep. 04	2017

See Also

• Royal Small Arms Factory - A list of weapons produced by RSAF Enfield