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British Service percussion rifle, Westley Richards carbine, cal. .451 in., steel rifled (eight groove) round barrel, 636 mm long. Manufactured by Westley Richards, Birmingham, 1861. Buttplate tang stamped 'L62/ 53/ V.V' denoting use by the Victorian Volunteer forces. One of 26 guns donated in 1871 by the Victorian Ordnance Department from its Melbourne Armoury, for the newly created Industrial ...
A .451 WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT "MONKEY TAIL" BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION CAVALRY CARBINE WESTLEY RICHARDS, SERIAL NO. 259, DATED '1860' With 20 in. (51 cm.) barrel with Whitworth patent rifling; together with A .577/.450 MARTINI-HENRY PATENT CARBINE, ENFIELD, DATED '1877', with 21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) barrel; A .577 SNIDER PATENT CARBINE, CIRCA 1860, with 20 in. (51 cm.) barrel; A .577 PERCUSSION ...
A "Westley Richards' Cavalry carbine", 1865. John Deeley assumiu a parte comercial da empresa, com o objetivo de expandir os negócios a partir de 1871. Essas expansões concentraram-se principalmente na África do Sul e na Índia, ambas pertencentes ao Império Britânico.
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18 de abr. de 2022 · Westley Richards Centerfire Monkey Tail Carbine. The Westley Richards “Monkey Tail” was a popular capping breechloader first designed in 1858. It was finally adopted by the British cavalry in 1866, and served until 1881. It was also a popular commercial rifle, especially in remote places like Australia and South Africa. It was named for the ...
21 de jan. de 2019 · This blog tells the story of a weapon purchased in 1867 specifically for the Native Mounted Police (NMP): the Westley Richards breech-loading, double-barrelled, 20 bore, Lefaucheux-action, pinfire carbine (Figure 1). This weapon possessed a number of advantages over the percussion single- and double-barrel, muzzle-loading carbines the NMP were ...
Há 5 dias · The Westley Richards Carbine was issued to the Victorian Volunteers and are marked VV, and South Australia had 84 carbines in 1866. This example appears not to have been issued in to any of the Australian colonies and has possibly been imported from the United Kingdom.
