Product Details
A RARE 17.5MM (RIMFIRE) DANISH SNIDER CONVERSION MODEL 1848-66 BREECH LOADING INFANTRY RIFLE, CIRCA 1861, serial no. 233,
33 1/2in. barrel with quadrant type rear-sight, the breech stamped '1861-233', bevelled lock with rounded tail, the centre stamped with the Danish royal cypher over 'MD-1848 / 1861-233' indicating model of 1848, made in 1861, serial number 233, full stocked in beech with three iron barrel bands brass butt-cap and trigger-guard bow all parts numbered 233
Provenance: This rifle was originally made as a model 1848 pillar breech muzzle loader, in 1861 and converted to Snider breech loader at the Copenhagen arsenal circa 1866-68, the Danish 17.5mm was the World's largest rimfire round.
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Estimate £500-700
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament