Lot Essay
This is one of only two known surviving examples of the '1804 Model' for the Cambridge University Volunteers
Details
An extremely rare and unusual approx. .750 Baker-type rifled cavalry carbine by Henry Nock, No. 456
Nock 'screwless' flintlock with Nock patent breech, the lock signed 'H. Nock', the breech engraved 'H. Nock Patent', the barrel, for ease of loading on horse-back, rifled to within approximately six inches of the muzzle and thereafter smooth-bore, the whole gun in the style of a Baker rifle, with brass-mounts, the lock with single screw, rearsight, full-length groove for ramrod, with provision for a socket bayonet
30in. barrel
Nock 'screwless' flintlock with Nock patent breech, the lock signed 'H. Nock', the breech engraved 'H. Nock Patent', the barrel, for ease of loading on horse-back, rifled to within approximately six inches of the muzzle and thereafter smooth-bore, the whole gun in the style of a Baker rifle, with brass-mounts, the lock with single screw, rearsight, full-length groove for ramrod, with provision for a socket bayonet
30in. barrel