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A scarce British Pattern 1858 Native Mounted Police percussion carbine
11 June 2012, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$468 inc. premium
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A scarce British Pattern 1858 Native Mounted Police percussion carbine
The 21 inch barrel in .65 caliber smoothbore; open rear sight; breech marked 135 with Birmingham view and proof and crowned ordnance mark. Lockplate marked 1859/Tower) beside crown/broad arrow ordnance mark; the tail with Crown and VR cipher. Furniture of standard pattern, the brass triggerguard with issue mark 3-16. Full stock, right side of buttstock marked with Bombay Arsenal stamp and Birmingham War Department stamp dated 1887
Condition: Very good. Grey metal showing some light spotting. Sound wood with scattered staining and few light marks, left side of buttstock with chip at buttplate.
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Condition: Very good. Grey metal showing some light spotting. Sound wood with scattered staining and few light marks, left side of buttstock with chip at buttplate.
See Illustration
Footnotes
Note: A comparatively scarce model as only some 6500 examples were ordered in 1859. See page 113, The British Soldier's Firearm by Dr. C.H. Roads for a discussion of this arm.




