item details
NameBolt-action single barrel shotgun.
ProductionUnknown; armorer; 1860s
Classificationshotguns, firearms
Materialssteel, wood
DimensionsOverall: 65mm (width), 165mm (height), 1230mm (length)
Registration NumberDM000032
Credit lineOn loan from Sir Walter Buller, 1898
Overview
Bolt action single barrel shotgun, maker unknown, possibly of French or German origin, about 1860. Calibre 12. This gun was formerly in the collection of Sir Walter Buller, who stated that it had been 'captured in the Taranaki War.'