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rifle

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  • Other Name

    Enfield Pattern 1853 percussion rifle (model name)

    NZ Wars issue to 40th Regiment (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Enfield Pattern 1853 (1st Pattern) percussion rifle, 1856

    New Zealand Wars issue to 40th Regiment

    maker: Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield,

    Enfield Pattern 1853 percussion rifle, .577 inch calibre, brass fittings, with ramrod, ramrod has been is possibly mismatched, three bands, borer hole in right hand side of forend by rear sight

    markings:

    serial number on butt tang: 40 / 1027

    under barrel: 292 and 67

    on lock: 1856 / TOWER and [crown] / VR ,

    inside lock: SM and R & W

    on leaf sight: G / 11

    Birmingham proofs on barrels

    on butt plate: NZ 382

    on ramrod: 309

    manufacturers numbers on barrel bands

  • Place
    Enfield/London/England
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Date
    1902
  • Other Id

    W1411 (war)

    12125 (ethnology)

    12126 (ethnology)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, W1411, 12125, 12126, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 23 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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