£820
Scarce Westley Richards Percussion Monkey Tail Artillery Breech Loading Carbine
.451 cal., 19 1/2 inch, rifled, blued barrel. Front blade sight. Rear ladder sight. Top of barrel marked "Whitworth Patent". Square section breech with rear, lift up monkey tail loading gate marked "Westley Richards & Co". Case hardened, military pattern lock plate marked "Westley Richards & Co" dated 1867 within a triangle. Percussion hammer. Polished, full stock woodwork. Rear stamped "F.A.1886" (Field Artillery). Brass butt plate, trigger guard and end cap. Rear, steel sling swivel and front barrel band with side bayonet bar and lower sling swivel. Steel ramrod.
See British Non Ordnance Military Carbines 1750-1900 for a similar example.
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