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 ingenuity and improvisation to build their own.This rifle was created by the Mau Mau and modeled after the British SMLE No.5 carbine. Essentially it was handmade from whatever wood and metal could be scavenged to make a workable firearm. It has a crude action and the barrel lacks rifling. It also lacks sights. 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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