Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 Lanchester SMG part of Greater Boston

part of Greater Boston

This indicates that this weapon was not intended for a British military contract but was aimed at the overseas market most specifically the United States who were about to embark on its most terrible Civil War

Although referred to as midshipman's dirks

In 1943 were produced 10

if we are lucky

Original Nepalese Bira Gun Hand Cranked Double Barrel Rapid Fire Gun- Circa 1896 Lanchester SMG part of Greater BostonOriginal Item: Invented by General Sri Sri Sri Maharajah Gehendra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1871 1905) the Bira Double Barreled Quick Fire Rifle was a copy of the American Gardner Gun. In Martini Henry . 577 450 caliber fed from a double stacked 120rnd pan magazine (like a Lewis Gun) the weapon was fired by a crank handle not unlike the American Gatling Gun. Interestingly, however, it required cranking backwards (counter clockwise) which the Nepalis