Tim Merriman
32 Cal
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Hi can anyone help me identify this rifle ?
Update Sorry on further inspection date on cartouche is 1867. I am also in Sydney Australia. Yes if only this gun could talk ppg1949. Gun is not pitted but is rusty should I clean it ? What is recommendations to remove rust ?
Welcome to the forum George. Ditto on the explanation Treestalker gave. It may even have used in the War Between the States. Cavalry and artillery units on both sides were issued musketoons. I can't make out the date, can you tell what it is? Can you tell if it is rifled? If only it could talk. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so it would have come to Australia with British troops ?It is a British Enfield Musketoon. The "VR" under the crown and crown over a "broad arrow" at the front of the lock indicate that this weapon was made for the British Government and not for export. In other words, it probably was not here during the Civil War.
Why thank you for the welcome PPG!, Although I have been annoying the otherwise august and deferential body of this forum for some time! LOL! I'm glad Tim was not offended, I am descended from nobility and royalty in several nations and may be kin to that George fellow who caused all the ruckus with the colonists some time back, LOL! (Actually not George, but John I 'Lackland' and Richard III.) George (no title).Duh! Welcome to the forum Tim. I addressed you as George. Sorry about the mix up. Another senior moment, lol.
Why thank you for the welcome PPG!, Although I have been annoying the otherwise august and deferential body of this forum for some time! LOL! I'm glad Tim was not offended, I am descended from nobility and royalty in several nations and may be kin to that George fellow who caused all the ruckus with the colonists some time back, LOL! (Actually not George, but John I 'Lackland' and Richard III.) George (no title).
Tim--I completely missed the fact that you are in Australia! Yea, I would say the chances are very good the British military brought the weapon to Australia. It's like the Brown Bess, sometimes it seems as though there are more of them in American collections than in English collections.Thanks so it would have come to Australia with British troops ?
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