Peabody action
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The Peabody action was an early form of breechloading firearm action, where the heavy breechblock tilted downwards across a bolt mounted in the rear of the breechblock, operated by a lever under the r
Peabody rifle from the collection of Armémuseum, the Swedish Army Museum. This rifle took part in the 1866 Norwegian-Swedish rifle trials.
Peabody action
Peabody rifle, model 1867, cal .41 (10.4 mm) Swiss. On display at Musée Militaire Vaudois, 1110 Morges, Switzerland.
Martini–Henry
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The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually replacing the Snider–Enfield, a muzzle-loade
Peabody action
…internal striker and used a toggle moved by the striker to lock the action during firing. Mated to a barrel with rifling designed by Alexander Henry, the Martini–Henry M1871 would become the British Army's standard rifle for twenty years. The Liberian 600 Peabody rifles were bought in 1910, during the war with the Grebo…
A Martini–Henry in the collections of the Swedish Army Museum
(From left to right): A .577 Snider cartridge, a Zulu War–era rolled brass foil .577/450 Martini–Henry Cartridge, a later drawn brass .577/450 Martini–Henry cartridge, and a .303 British Mk VII SAA Ball cartridge
The disassembled Martini–Henry action.
A Greener GP Mark I and Mark II, note the difference in finish, safety lever, and takedown screw.