Hi Gadge, probably right, the Chinese want volume, maybe the Indians could knock these up on the side of the road, they do some beautiful work on hand made stuff. Not too flash on engine/gearbox parts where near enough is good enough for them
Heh heh Norm,
Those aren't the subcontinental artisans' most impressive imitations, though.
For over the century mark now, the artisans of the Northwest Frontier region, on the borders of Pakistan [as it is since 1947] and Afghanistan, have been hand fettling very convincing replicas of the Brit Army Martini-Henry single shot rifles.
These were superseded by the Mk1 Lee-Metford .303 bolt action rifle in 1888, BTW.
They're known as 'Khyber Pass Martinis', and are very faithful replicas dimensionally. Of course, the metallurgy of the steel/s used is very suspect indeed, and I certainly wouldn't want to fire one, even with an original type 'black powder' low pressure cartridge!
