RICK: Hey. What do we have here? Well, Sir, this-- Well, obviously it's a gun. JERMAINE: You figured that out? Clever, this one is. Sir, what I have today-- I have the British
P 1871 Martini-Henry Short Lever rifle. RICK: OK. Very iconic rifle. This is another weird
bizarro-ness with the English-- you know, they were still
putting bayonets on rifles and doing rifle charges
in World War I when they were running into machine guns. Not a good idea to
do a bayonet charge. JERMAINE: That's the last stand. That's the last show
of courage there. [gunfire] [whoosh] JERMAINE (VOICEOVER): I
initially received the rifle from my great uncle in 1990. This weapon here-- I
have no use for it. I'm hoping for $1,250. What I'd like to do
is I have a racegun I'm trying to put together. That'll provide a new
magwell, new trigger system, and a new optic so I can
go run a three-gun competition. RICK: This thing is pretty cool. This was the rifle
used by the most powerful army in the world. This was used by the
British in the Zulu War when they fought the Zulus. Can I put this on? JERMAINE: Absolutely. Let me help you out there. RICK: OK. So this would go like that. And then like that. JERMAINE: There you go. And then this would-- that is just gnarly. You're ready to
charge the hill, Sir. [sighs]
Yeah. Not me. [laughs] RICK: In the late 1800s,
the British government offered a prize to
gun manufacturers to come up with a new
rifle for the British army. But after years of testing,
they liked part of the Martini and part of the Henry rifle. So they decided to
come up with a hybrid, and they called it the
Henry-Martini rifle. I guess it was a tie
or something like that. It's in really,
really good shape. How much do you want for it? JERMAINE: Well, Sir, I
was looking for $1,250. [music playing] RICK: Do you mind if I
have someone look at it? JERMAINE: By all means. I mean, the thing
is sometimes you-- when you come
across these things, there's things that make
it really exceptional. And then there's some
things that are bad. So I'll get a little more info
and then we'll go from there. JERMAINE: Sounds good to me.
- All right. I'll be right back. Let me give him a call. An expert coming in-- I'm fine with that. No worries whatsoever. Any other input can only
help me sell this rifle. ALEX CRANMER: Wow. This is a Martini-Henry
rifle, which I think you know. This is the first mass-produced
breech-loading infantry rifle that the British
army ever adopted. The action was so well designed
because it had the striker-- the firing pin-- integral
to the drop box action. So with one motion,
when you drop this, it actually ejects the
cartridge and recocks it. So now you're ready
to fire again. RICK: OK. One of the nice things about
this one is it's dated 1872. And you see how it's
that Roman numeral there? This actually was originally
one of the first ones made in 1872 as a mark I pattern. And then in 1876, they
brought them back and improved them and made some adjustments. And so they marked it "II." Now, one of the really
interesting things here-- you see this "7-8-0" here? Just above it, there is a "WY." Now, that stands for
West Yorkshire Regiment. The West Yorkshire
Regiment is also known as the 14th Regiment of Foot. This is one of the
oldest military regiments in the British army. They actually started under
James II in the 1600s. They fought in the
Revolutionary War. They fought in the
Napoleonic Wars. They fought in the Crimean War. They also fought in the Second
Afghan War, 1870 to 1880-- so this gun was almost
certainly in that war. RICK: Whoa. So what do you think it's worth? ALEX CRANMER: A rifle in this
condition with the accessories, and the early date, known
regiment-- about $1,100. RICK: Well, cool, man.
Thanks. ALEX CRANMER: You're welcome.
RICK: I appreciate it. ALEX CRANMER: Good luck. Wealth of knowledge. Thank you, Sir. ALEX CRANMER: Anytime you
have a rifle like this marked to a specific regiment, it
means that there's a collector out there who really wants it. The more specific you get, the
chances of you finding someone who will love it increase. [whoosh] RICK: So what do you think? I'm gonna stick with $1,250. He said it's
worth 1,100 bucks. I'll give you 600 bucks. I'm gonna say $1,000, Sir. RICK: I can't. You cannot?
RICK: I'll tell you what. I'll go seven. [whoosh] I have a number in
my head that I would like us to both reach there. That number
better be 700 bucks. $800, Sir. RICK: 700 bucks. $800, Sir. I hate-- [sighs] I literally-- I really
am going the best I can. 700 bucks is what
makes sense to me. I'm gonna have to thank
you for your time, Sir. And unfortunately, we can't
get a deal done today. If you change your
mind, give me a call, man. Will do, Sir. JERMAINE (VOICEOVER): We
couldn't see eye to eye. It happens. No worries whatsoever. But maybe I'll come
back a little bit later with the bayonet and
take another stab at it.
$1,100 my ass. It should be in a museum