EditorialMuzzle-loading, rifled, .557in calibre. War Department production piece bought by the East India Company as a specimen and numbered as their pattern piece number 118 (engraved '118' on buttplate tang). Correct ramrod present. Backsight leaves. 1865. So...
EditorialPrince’s carbine. Prince’s carbine. England, 1850's. Breech-loading, rifled, calibre approx. .56in. Civilian production piece, possibly bought as a specimen by the Secretary of State for India (although not marked as such). Prince’s carbine was o...
EditorialPair of Breechloading Percussion Rifled Dueling Pistols, c. 1850, Beatus Beringer, French, Paris and Saint-Etienne, Paris, Walnut and steel, Overall l. 40.5 cm (15 7/8 in.).
EditorialCavalry carbine. 1865. Breech-loading, rifled, .450in calibre. War Department production piece marked 'Enfield 1865' on the lock, possibly bought as a specimen by the Secretary of State for India (although not marked as such). Westley Richards' carbine...
EditorialPattern 1856 Short Rifle. 1856. Muzzle-loading, rifled, .557in calibre. War Department production piece bought by the East India Company as a specimen and numbered as their pattern piece number 118 (engraved '118' on buttplate tang). Correct ramrod pre...
EditorialMuzzle-loading, rifled, .557in calibre. War Department production piece bought by the East India Company as a specimen and numbered as their pattern piece number 118 (engraved '118' on buttplate tang). Correct ramrod present. Backsight leaves. 1865. So...
EditorialPrince’s carbine. Prince’s carbine. England, 1850's. Breech-loading, rifled, calibre approx. .56in. Civilian production piece, possibly bought as a specimen by the Secretary of State for India (although not marked as such). Prince’s carbine was o...
EditorialNortheast view of Battery no. 1, at Farnhold's house, York River, mounting one 200 pound & five 100 pound rifled guns, US, USA, America, Vintage photography.
EditorialTHE WAR IN EGYPT: AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA, JULY 11, 1882: 1. Rifled Guns on Moncrieff Carriages in the Fortifications; 2. Damage Sustained by H.M.S. "Superb" During the Action; A. The Place where a Shell Entered; B. Result of the Bursting o...