![]() ![]() The Colonial section will feature this rare rifle from South Africa. It is a very dated website,, and we are going to update it and create two new sections, one on Imperial Naval rifles and one on the Colonial Service rifles. It will be a tragedy if the rifle is destroyed it is a wonderful original-matching rifle.Ĭurrently, I am working on creating an article on the KS rifles ( Kaiserliche Schutztruppe or Imperial Defence Forces, but essentially Colonial Forces), which will also be part of an expansion of my website. He is trying to get his rifle, probably one of the best ones still in existence, transferred to his son who lives in Germany. ![]() One owner told me that upon his death, the rifle must be destroyed, they are not usually transferable and no museum has any interest in them. Unfortunately, the new order in South Africa places these rifles in danger. Recently several KS (Colonial) rifles ( with original 200 m sights) have come forward from my website, from South African owners one was in extraordinary condition, still fully functional too. That is indeed a wonderful rifle to have survived, even if demilitarized such early rifles are very uncommon. ![]()
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