THE RIFLE SIGNED BARNETT, LONDON, THE BAYONET SIGNED POTTS & HUNT, CIRCA 1858-60
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A VERY RARE .577 MONT STORM PATENT BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION NAVAL RIFLE, NO. 546, WITH ITS CUTLASS BAYONET
THE RIFLE SIGNED BARNETT, LONDON, THE BAYONET SIGNED POTTS & HUNT, CIRCA 1858-60
THE RIFLE WITH SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH FIVE SHALLOW GROOVES AND RETAINED BY TWO IRON BANDS, BAYONET LUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MUZZLE, TIP-UP BREECH-BLOCK STAMPED 'MONT STORM'S PATENT', SIGNED LOCK WITH 'TOWER' AND CROWN, THREE-QUARTER STOCK, REGULATION BRASS MOUNTS, AND IRON SLING SWIVELS AND RAMROD, THE BUTT-PLATE NUMBERED '149'; THE BAYONET OF RARE 1858 ENFIELD PATTERN WITH SLIGHTLY CURVED FLAT BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT AND SIGNED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, STEEL GUARD PAINTED WITH BLACK LACQUER ON THE INSIDE AND WITH CHEQUERED LEATHER GRIPS, AND ORIGINAL STEEL-MOUNTED LEATHER SCABBARD
33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL, 27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE
WILLIAM MONT STORM (1856-71) RECEIVED A U.S. PATENT FOR HIS 'SELF-SEALING-CHAMBER SYSTEM' IN JULY 1856. HIS SYSTEM EMPLOYS A CENTRAL BOLT LOCKING THE BREECH-BLOCK FROM THE REAR ON THE FALL OF THE HAMMER. IT WAS TRIED BY THE BRITISH ARMY, AND THE INVENTOR WAS AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. HE ALSO INVENTED THE SO-CALLED 'MONT STORM SILK CARTRIDGE' - IN FACT MADE OF TRANSLUCENT ANIMAL INTESTINE BOUND WITH SILK CORD AND FULLY CONBUSTIBLE, LEAVING THE CHAMBER EMPTY FOR THE NEXT ROUND (2)
THE RIFLE SIGNED BARNETT, LONDON, THE BAYONET SIGNED POTTS & HUNT, CIRCA 1858-60
THE RIFLE WITH SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH FIVE SHALLOW GROOVES AND RETAINED BY TWO IRON BANDS, BAYONET LUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MUZZLE, TIP-UP BREECH-BLOCK STAMPED 'MONT STORM'S PATENT', SIGNED LOCK WITH 'TOWER' AND CROWN, THREE-QUARTER STOCK, REGULATION BRASS MOUNTS, AND IRON SLING SWIVELS AND RAMROD, THE BUTT-PLATE NUMBERED '149'; THE BAYONET OF RARE 1858 ENFIELD PATTERN WITH SLIGHTLY CURVED FLAT BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT AND SIGNED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, STEEL GUARD PAINTED WITH BLACK LACQUER ON THE INSIDE AND WITH CHEQUERED LEATHER GRIPS, AND ORIGINAL STEEL-MOUNTED LEATHER SCABBARD
33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL, 27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE
WILLIAM MONT STORM (1856-71) RECEIVED A U.S. PATENT FOR HIS 'SELF-SEALING-CHAMBER SYSTEM' IN JULY 1856. HIS SYSTEM EMPLOYS A CENTRAL BOLT LOCKING THE BREECH-BLOCK FROM THE REAR ON THE FALL OF THE HAMMER. IT WAS TRIED BY THE BRITISH ARMY, AND THE INVENTOR WAS AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. HE ALSO INVENTED THE SO-CALLED 'MONT STORM SILK CARTRIDGE' - IN FACT MADE OF TRANSLUCENT ANIMAL INTESTINE BOUND WITH SILK CORD AND FULLY CONBUSTIBLE, LEAVING THE CHAMBER EMPTY FOR THE NEXT ROUND (2)