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DATED 1867
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A .577 C.F. Experimental Breech-Loading Military Rifle
Dated 1867
Converted from a two-band Snider-Enfield, with sighted barrel retained by iron bands and graduated to 900 yards, bayonet lug on the right side of the muzzle, the left side of the breech stamped 'Robert's Pat. June. 11. 1867', flat lock stamped with crown and '1862 Tower', three-quarter stock stamped '4892', brass mounts, and iron sling swivels and ramrod
34in. (87cm.) barrel
Dated 1867
Converted from a two-band Snider-Enfield, with sighted barrel retained by iron bands and graduated to 900 yards, bayonet lug on the right side of the muzzle, the left side of the breech stamped 'Robert's Pat. June. 11. 1867', flat lock stamped with crown and '1862 Tower', three-quarter stock stamped '4892', brass mounts, and iron sling swivels and ramrod
34in. (87cm.) barrel