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| 22/10/25 01:19 AM |
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Re: Single Shot Rifles at Auction
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Quote:
Robert Ancell Perth, the action engraved with "John Wilke Leeds", maybe "Eley's Patent Cental-Fire Cartridges 442 Long"
https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions/lot/id/1362341
Surely this is a converted muzzle loader.
Very fascinating as it still has the hooked breech and the original case modified to fit the new Snider patent breech!
That could explain the Lion engraving - perhaps it was a 450 in its previous life and the Snider breech, pushing the chamber forward some inches, made the 442 the logical choice.
Very very cool in my book.