British WWI Lewis Light Machine Gun: Original Parts on a Non-Gun Receiver

British WWI Lewis Light Machine Gun: Original Parts on a Non-Gun Receiver

Original Model 1914 Lewis light machine gun parts (non-matching) including an obstructed barrel on a solid aluminum billet non-gun 'dummy' receiver with an original pan magazine; a very impressive display and perfect for collectors who live where posession of a registered live gun is legally possible, or who simply don't have tens of thousands of dollars wandering aimlessly about in their bank accounts!  Very nice example with legible markings, and more importantly the thin aluminum catch on the receiver is perfectly intact.  (Of the run of aluminum receiver Lewis guns out there on the market, the catch seems to be broken more often than not.)

The Lewis M1914 light machine gun was one of the most recognizable automatic weapons of the First World War, widely used by British and Commonwealth infantry units. Designed by American engineer Isaac Newton Lewis and manufactured primarily in Britain, it featured a distinctive top-mounted pan magazine and air-cooling shroud that made it both portable and reliable under battlefield conditions. Capable of sustained fire while remaining light enough for a single gunner to carry, the Lewis Gun revolutionized infantry tactics by providing mobile automatic firepower at the squad level. Its effectiveness in trench assaults and defensive positions made it a defining weapon of the modern battlefield.

$1000 - $1500