Summary
British sporting rifle, calibre, .530 in., rifled (3 grooves) octagonal barrel 24 in. (610 mm.) long. Single shot, breech loading (block hinged in solid frame), side hammer in groove, square front trigger guard, rearsight to 300 yds., wooden stock chequered at wrist. London proof marks.
Patented by William Tranter, gunmaker, Birmingham, on the 16th June 1854. It has a horizontal plug or stopped opening to the right for loading with a paper cartridge and a percussion cap. The hinged plug is fitted to the end of the barrel so as to prodice a flat or straight junction between them and is set tight against the barrel by means of a set screw.
Physical Description
.530 inch calibre rifle/ Octagon barrel 24 inches long; rifled three grooves; twist, on turn in 60 inches. Sighted to 300 yards.
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Acquisition Information
Bequest from George McArthur, Nov 1903
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Maker
William Tranter (Gunsmiths), Birmingham, England, Great Britain, 1854
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Inscriptions
Lock plate vears: 'W. TRANTER'S PATENT No. 502'
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References
[Book] Penrose, Edgar H. 1949. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Firearms in the Museum of Applied Science of Victoria. 161. 14.
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