The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Brunswick rifle. Lock marked Crown over 'VR' over 'Tower 1847' and crown/arrow service proof mark. Barrel with London proof marks has a bayonet (sword) bar at the muzzle and a post with one 'flip up' rear sight. Butt marked Arrow 'BO' and stock maker 'Walker' and assembled by 'T Potts'. Butt tang engraved 'A/24'. Small gouge mark to the left side of the butt. Complete with swivels and original ramrod. A large rectangular butt box is incorporated in the butt stock on the right hand side and is divided into two compartments, one to hold loose patches and the other set up to secure a three armed combination tool.
The tang marking of A 24 indicates that this weapon was one of the rifles issued to the New South Wales Volunteer Rifle Corps. The rifle and bayonet came from the collection of Walter Lindsay Venables Vernon of Sydney, NSW, who obtained them in the 1880s. Walter Vernon served in the Boer War and became colonel of the NSW Lancers.
Brunswick rifle. Back action percussion lock engraved with the rampant lion indicating that it was made for the East India Company. No proof marks to the barrel although the tang has a crown over 3 an
Brunswick Rifle bayonet. It has a ribbed brass hilt with a crossbar that has down turned ends. A locking button protrudes from the centre of the grip connecting to a spring latch. The pommel is marked
Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle, 1st Model. Lock marked Crown over VR and 1854 over Enfield. Butt tang engraved MU29. The barrel is held into the stock by three split bands that are clamped by screws. It i
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
Pattern 1858 bar on band short rifle. Percussion lock marked Crown over VR and 1860 over Tower. Barrel marked with double arrow sale mark. The stock comes to 1 1/4 inches of the muzzle and the wide up
Pattern 1853 Rifle, 3rd Model. Lock marked Crown over VR and 1859 over Enfield. Butt marked with the Enfield factory roundel and stamped Arrow over GS. Opposite side THEATRE ROYAL MELBOURNE. Tang stam
