item details
NameEnfield Pattern 1856 Rifle Musket (2-Band).
ProductionRoyal Small Arms Factory; armorer; circa 1860; Enfield
Classificationrifles, firearms
Materialswood, steel, gold
Materials SummaryWood and steel with gold inlay. around the lockplate.
DimensionsOverall: 60mm (width), 205mm (height), 1235mm (length)
Registration NumberDM000040
Credit lineOn loan from Sir Walter Buller, 1898
Overview
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). ,