peashooter85:Mau Mau Guerilla RifleThe Mau Mau Uprising was a rebellion by various Kenyan tribes aga

peashooter85:Mau Mau Guerilla RifleThe Mau Mau Uprising was a rebellion by various Kenyan tribes against the British lasting from 1952-1956.  The Mau Mau had few modern firearms and often had to use igenuity in order to obtain arms.This rifle was created by the Mau Mau and modeled after the British SMLE rifle.  It has a crude action and the barrel lacks rifling. It is single shot only, the magazine at the bottom of the rifle is merely decorative and carved from the stock.The Mau Mau could not stand up to the might of the British Army, and the rebellion had been quelled by 1956.  Kenya would be granted its independence in 1963. -- source link

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