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Pattern 1856 Short Rifle

Pattern 1856 Short Rifle
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Pattern 1856 Short Rifle
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British Library, London, UK
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1856 Source/Shelfmark: Foster 997, 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 present. Backsight leaves. Originally published/produced in 1856.

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