Book: The Belgian Rattlesnake (Lewis Machine Gun) Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts All parts (except cylinder) are

All parts (except cylinder) are matching with serial number 79420 denoting year of manufacture as 1862 (number is somewhat faded on barrel frame)

and dark red

The 12-inch Thompson rods are most common

1:10 twist

Fits a size US 7 ¼ head (58 cm)

Book: The Belgian Rattlesnake (Lewis Machine Gun) Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts All parts (except cylinder) areThe result of over twenty years of research, this is the most complete account ever published of the life and times of Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis and his crowning achievement, the Lewis Automatic Machine Gun. The Lewis became a favorite tool of the British and Canadian "machine gun killer" teams of World War I, but U. S. "doughboys" and Marines were issued the French Chauchat, instead. This gave rise to a bitter controversy, which became one of the