Enfield Pattern 1856 Rifle Musket (2-Band).

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Title

Enfield Pattern 1856 Rifle Musket (2-Band).

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Enfield Pattern 1856 Rifle Musket,circa 1860, calibre .577.This rifle was given to the Colonial Museum in 1911 by Walter Leo Buller, as part of the collection of his father, Sir Walter Lawry Buller. The rifle is stated to have been dug up from a swamp in the Lower Waikato (possibly the Waimarino Swamp, near Meremere). ,

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Date created

circa 1860

Creator

Royal Small Arms Factory

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/49546

Related subjects

Inscriptions / wood / steel / gold / rifles / firearms / Waikato / Māori / Enfield / Sir Walter Buller

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