File:Cavalry carbine, 1865 - BL Foster 994.jpg
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[edit]Westley Richards' cavalry carbine ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Westley Richards' cavalry carbine |
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Description |
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 was one of several designs of percussion capping breechloader considered for issue to British cavalry c.1855-1860, and which later saw limited production and use. Ramrod/clearing rod present. Backsight leaves have been broken off. |
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Date |
1865 date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q23308 |
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Accession number |
Foster 994, |
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Originally published/produced in 1865. Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons. Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "
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Identifier | 065823 |