British .303cal Portative Hotchkiss Part Set with De-Milled Receiver & Tripod
Original Item: Dating from the WWI era these British "Hotchkiss" Pattern machine guns were designated as "Cavalry" guns and became known as the "Portative". Issued for field use on a small "Crow's Foot" Tripod these were also installed in WWI tanks. In .303 cal. they were fed using metal Feed Strips. Now, we have just acquired a few original "Receiver Parts Sets" never before available. Each Receiver Set comes from an original gun and is torch cut into pieces. These have not ever been available from us before as the Receivers from our previous Portative Guns had been completely destroyed overseas and were scrapped locally. So we are combining an IMA Original WWI Hotchkiss Parts Set together with a detached Shoulder Stock and "Crowsfoot" Tripod with one of these De-milled Portative Receiver Sets that we have just discovered. ONLY a few sets available of an extremely RARE and unusual WW1 Machine gun Parts Set in very good condition. Hotchkiss Mark I Light Machine Gun In British Service