British Musketoon & Pistol

Calien · 11th April 2022, 07:30 PM

Thank you Fernando that is really helpful. A lot of of the other items on this American auction where from the Indian war so it makes perfect sense as the British sold them a lot of surplus stuff.

adrian · 12th April 2022, 09:28 PM

Barnett was one of several sizable & lasting gunmakers who would make up affordable guns from obsolete ex Ordnance parts that they acquired. A good example is a rifled 'carbine' that I catalogued yesterday, the lock marked BARNETT LONDON had the small crown arrow govt acceptance stamp and was the lock type used on trial P/1853 rifles - essentially a P/1853 lock with a screw to secure the mainspring - while the barrel was a King George era proofed Baker Rifle barrel that was shortened & had a percussioned short breech section screwed on. The gun was made after the aforementioned lock was obsolete which would not have been before about 1855.

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11th April 2022, 07:30 PM	#1
Calien Member Join Date: Feb 2020 Posts: 38	Thank you Fernando that is really helpful. A lot of of the other items on this American auction where from the Indian war so it makes perfect sense as the British sold them a lot of surplus stuff.

12th April 2022, 09:28 PM	#2
adrian Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 132	Barnett was one of several sizable & lasting gunmakers who would make up affordable guns from obsolete ex Ordnance parts that they acquired. A good example is a rifled 'carbine' that I catalogued yesterday, the lock marked BARNETT LONDON had the small crown arrow govt acceptance stamp and was the lock type used on trial P/1853 rifles - essentially a P/1853 lock with a screw to secure the mainspring - while the barrel was a King George era proofed Baker Rifle barrel that was shortened & had a percussioned short breech section screwed on. The gun was made after the aforementioned lock was obsolete which would not have been before about 1855.