The rifle is a copy of a Nepalese Francotte Martini. They have modified the internals for a safety and some sort if locking system to not let if fire until the breech block is locked in place.

The rifle is slightly smaller than a full size martini and will not feed a 45/70.

I want one. But at $1700 I won't be getting one anytime soon.
I can not justify raiding the IRA at that price. I think this is a great project that will die because the price.

I'll also bet they can not afford to make it cheaper. Sad truely.