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carbine

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  • Other Name

    Snider 2nd Model Artillery carbine (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Snider 2nd Model Artillery carbine, circa 1862

    Snider 2nd Model Artillery carbine; .577 inch calibre; breech-loading two barrel bands; brass furniture; two sling swivels; 21-1/2 inch barrel; No 265; Tower 1862

    missing parts: clearing rod; screw missing from hammer; nipple protector and chain; hammer spring not working

    markings:

    various manufacturer's and proof marks on left hand side of barrel and body

    left hand side of body and on top of breech block: [broad arrow] / WD

    T p A 265 on butt strap;

    in wood stock under trigger guard: LD2; 1871

    on lock plate: [crown] over V[star]R; 1862

    lock maker's mark: [crown] / [arrow]

    on wood furniture above trigger: ID

    on butt tang: TP / A / 265

    Maker: not known, circa 1862.

  • Place
    United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    W0645 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carbine, W0645, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 24 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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