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A .577 Snider Mark III Cavalry CarbineBy The London Armoury Company, No. 5437, Dated 1870
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £500 inc. premium
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By The London Armoury Company, No. 5437, Dated 1870
By The London Armoury Company, No. 5437, Dated 1870
With russet sighted barrel rifled with three grooves and retained by a Baddeley patent barrel band, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight with later leather cover, pivoting breech-block with sprung catch, dated flat lock (side-nails replaced) stamped 'L.S.A. Co' beneath a crowned broad arrow mark and with crowned 'V.R', figured half-stock (bruised) stamped with various numbers on one side of the butt, regulation brass mounts including butt-plate stamped 'V' over 'O.E.R.B. 89' on the heel tang, and with hinged circular butt-trap cover (cleaning rod missing, some wear overall), Ordnance proof marks; together with an Indian 15-bore percussion gun (lock replaced, trigger-guard and ramrod missing, in poor condition overall) (2)
The first 49 cm. barrel
The first 49 cm. barrel








