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.