Lot Essay
This later version of the Hay rifle were supplied to New South Wales and figured in competitive shooting.
BY ISAAC HOLLIS & SONS, LATE HOLLIS & SHEATH BIRMINGHAM
Details
A .577 THREE BAND HAY PATTERN PERCUSSION RIFLE
By Isaac Hollis & sons, Late Hollis & Sheath Birmingham
With 91.5 cm. (36 in.) three groove barrel, sighted to 1150 yards, the lock marked with patent and maker's mark, regulation brass mounts, iron ramrod, butt plate marked 'H132' and trigger tang 'NSW', Ordnance marks, nipple protector missing
131.5 cm. (51 3/4 in.)
By Isaac Hollis & sons, Late Hollis & Sheath Birmingham
With 91.5 cm. (36 in.) three groove barrel, sighted to 1150 yards, the lock marked with patent and maker's mark, regulation brass mounts, iron ramrod, butt plate marked 'H132' and trigger tang 'NSW', Ordnance marks, nipple protector missing
131.5 cm. (51 3/4 in.)
Literature
Cf. Ian Skennerton 200 Years Australian Military Rifles and Bayonets, p. 22
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