Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. Found in the Nepalese Cache purchase this is a British made and Proofed 2nd Model Brunswick Percussion Rifle for belted ball first introduced in 1843 (See "Small Arms of the East India Company 1600-1856" by David Harding, Volume 2 pages 182/183). This was adopted by the East India Company a full FOUR YEARS before the British Government adopted the same pattern in 1847. Once again Private Enterprise led the way for Government modernization.
This Rifle has been cleaned and restored by the renowned artisan Norm Sutton who has carefully brought this weapon back to its original glory. Norm documented this rifle’s restoration on his found at this link.
The original lock bears the Rampart Lion logo of the E.I.C. the barrel retains full clear British Proof Marks. The stock has been completely cleaned and oiled only the lid of the brass patch box was replaced, the original having been "harvested" by the soldiers for smelting the brass content. The barrel even retains original two-position folding back sight. Norm has completed the package by adding a new Nipple Protector and a replacement black leather sling of the Victorian style. This is altogether an outstanding Percussion Rifle which being the "Second, Side Lock, Model" is extremely rare; we believe that only two were included in the entire Nepalese cache.
- This product is available for international shipping.
- IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to posses, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
These antique guns are not sold in live condition. They are sold as collector’s items or as wall hangers. Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe.
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