The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British Pattern 1858 Second Model, percussion, single shot, artillery carbine. The lock is engraved ISSAC HOLLIS & SONS late HOLLIS & SHEATH BIRMINGHAM. MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPARTMENT. The tang is stamped TV 193 and the right hand side of the butt has an oval with Manufactured expressly for HERBERT & CO LONDON. This weapon is complete with a ram rod and black leather sling.
This carbine was issued to the Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery.
Pattern 1861 Volunteer Artillery Carbine. Percussion lock marked Issac Hollis & Sons late Hollis & Sheath, Birmingham and a crown surrounded by 'Makers to Her Majestys War Department'. Tang marked TV
British Hay Pattern single shot percussion rifle. Lock plate engraved ISSAC HOLLIS & SONS MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPARTMENT. The bronze butt plate tang is stamped C74 and the trigger guard N.S.W.
Pattern 1856 Volunteer Cavalry Carbine. Percussion lock engraved Issac Hollis & Sons, Makers to, Her Majesty's War Department. Barrel stamped 25. Stock marked J Ashton Armourer Hythe, Arrow/GS and AWM
Snider-Enfield Artillery Carbine. Lock marked Crown over VR and TOWER over 1858. The breech is a Mk III but not marked as such. The bayonet boss is numbered 319 to match the original bayonet. The butt
Pattern 1853 Artillery Carbine, 2nd Model. Lock marked Crown over VR and 1862 over Tower. Butt stamped with the Tower Armoury roundel. Tang engraved crown over SA 45. Stock maker J Jagger. Barrel has
Wilson's Patent breech-loading carbine. Lock marked with a Crown and 1864. Butt has an oval stamp of Herbert & Co, 8 Pall Mall East, London (right), J Ashton, Armourer Hythe (left) and tang is engrave
