Flintlock rifle
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1848
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
1205 mm (L)
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Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 630363
Summary
Military percussion rifle, England c1840. Presented to the Earl of Enniskillen in 1848.
Full description
Military percussion rifle, converted from a flintlock, c1840, England. Presented to the Earl of Enniskillen in 1848. Possibly one of the "Sergeants" arms designed by George Lovell, Master General of the Ordnance, in the 1840s. Round iron barrel, rifled with 7 grooves, the breech stamped with Birmingham 1813 proof marks, and fitted with a safety vent. Blade fore-sight to the muzzle and a raised and fixed rear-sight on the breech. Retained to the stock by 3 barrel-pins. The ramrod missing. Barrel length 79.5cm. Calibre 15mm. Walnut three-quarter stock, the butt with a silver plaque with an engraved inscription (see below). Brass furniture comprising; butt-plate (with the number 1939 painted on), trigger guard with a sling swivel, fore-end cap, and 2 ramrod pipes. The fore-stock with a sling swivel. The lock of flat form, converted from flintlock to percussion system. The lockplate engraved boarder line and stamped with a Crown and the word TOWER. Retained to the stock by 2 side-nails. Overall length: 120m Silver plaque inscription: "To the most Worshipful Grand Master The Earl of Enniskillen, A small tribute of the respect from the Orangemen of Dublin for his unceasing zeal in the Cause of the Constitution and the Protestant Religion: David Stuart Grand Master William Archer DG Master Francis Hutchison Grand Treasurer Thomas Johnson Grand Secretary Dublin 17th May 1848 May it never be used but in Justice, Nor put aside but in Victory".
Marks and inscriptions
Tower (also crown on hammer plate)