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rifle, rolling block

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Snider Cavalry carbine, circa 1880 (descriptive name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Snider Cavalry carbine, circa 1880

    New Zealand military issue, 1880

    short wooded carbine; Snider conversion action; .577 inch calibre; small piece of cotton gauze in chamber; butt trap in butt plate; armourer's repair to underside of butt; rear leaf sight

    missing: screw from trigger guard; nipple protector and safety chain and mount

    markings:

    on lock plate: [crown] / VR; B.S.A. & M. Co. / 1880

    New Zealand issue marks and serial number on breech, stamped on wrist of butt, and on butt strap: N 80 Z / III / 0554

    manufacturer's and proof marks on barrel and body

    Sold out service mark on barrel and body, opposing arrows

    underside of breech block: 956

    maker: Birmingham Small Arms & Metal Co., circa 1880

  • Wāhi
    Birmingham/West Midlands/England
  • Wāhi Hāngai

    New Zealand

    New Zealand

  • Rā Tāpiringa
    01 Jul 1966
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    W1789 (war)

    CR 272903 (1977) (Permit number)

  • Wāhanga

    History

    War History

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  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • rifle, rolling block, W1789, CR 272903 (1977), Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 22 Feb 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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