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450_Ackley
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Swinburn's Patent Rifle
13/11/17 06:49 AM

Just picked up this nice little Swinburn's Patent rifle.
Calibre is 500/450 #2 Musket, as confirmed by a chamber cast.
External has a bit of a "speckled hen" look to it. Internally the barrel is excellent, and should be a good shooter.
Just waiting on cases and dies now to be able to bring the old girl back to life, it has not been fired in over 40 years.

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A close-up of the action reveals some light engraving towards the bottom of the action on the left hand side. We believe it says - "James W Honier" on the top line and "Melbourne" on the second line. After quite a bit of looking, I can't find much about that person at all.

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A photo of the front sight, not sure, but I'd say it's not original equipment!

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Edited by 450_Ackley (14/11/17 09:48 AM)

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Swinburn's Patent Rifle	450_Ackley	13/11/17 06:49 AM
Re: Swinburn's Patent Rifle	DarylS	13/11/17 06:56 AM
Re: Swinburn's Patent Rifle	Huvius	13/11/17 08:25 AM
Re: Swinburn's Patent Rifle	93x64mm	14/11/17 08:29 AM
Re: Swinburn's Patent Rifle	450_Ackley	14/11/17 09:49 AM
Re: Swinburn's Patent Rifle	Igorrock	15/11/17 03:29 AM

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