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musket

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human history
  • Common Name
    musket
  • Other Name

    Hollis & Sheath competition musket, circa 1850

    JL Campbell Prize Rifle, Auckland Rifle Volunteers Corps [1859]

  • Description

    single barrel smoothbore percussion musket; Competition musket presented for competition to the auckland volunteer Rifle Corps by Sir John Logan Campbell in 1859.

    Hollis & Sheath musket (competition rifle), circa 1850

    single barrel smoothbore percussion musket (light musket); 20 bore (.60 inch calibre); with metal ramrod; ramrod is threaded for jag adjustable rear leaf sight, graduated to 1000 yards; hooked breech; patchbox in butt, empty; engraved lock, hammer, trigger guard and patchbox; iron furniture; silver presentation plate on right butt: “Presented for Competition / to the / AUCKLAND VOLUNTEERS RIFLE CORPS / BY / J. Logan Campbell / 1859.; oval silver name plate on left butt, blank; silver shield escutcheon on wrist of butt; two ring studs on butt and metal ramrod tunnel for hook-type sling swivels (not present)

    accessories: gun case: wooden case with hinged lid; circular brass escutcheon on lid; brass corners and catches; lined with green baize; wooden compartment fittings, one with lid, others loose and/or missing; printed paper label: “HOLLIS & SHEATH / Manufacturers of Guns, Pistols & Rifles / [Royal coat of arms] / Makers to Her Majesty’s Honble Board of Ordnance / LONDON

    markings:

    Birmingham proof and view marks under barrel

    stamped under barrel , obscured by half stock: 25; JOHN OLIVE

    maker’s name on top of barrel, forward of rear sight: HOLLIS & SHEATH / Makers to the Board of Trade

    on lock plate: HOLLIS & SHEATH

    manufacturer Hollis & Sheath, London, c.1850.

  • Place
    London/England
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1932.515
  • Accession Date
    1932
  • Other Id

    W0600 (war)

    393782 (police firearm registration number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Scars on the Heart 1

musket / W0600 / © Auckland Museum CC BY

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  • musket / W0600 / © Auckland Museum CC BY
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  • musket W0600
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