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SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 03/02) Gurkha, Model 1841 Brunswick Percussion .66" Calibre Musket and Sword Bayonet. Sn - 21393:10 This is an original Gurkha model 1841 Brunswick percussion musket complete with its original steel hilted sword bayonet and is part of the horde discovered in the old Palace of Lagan Silekhana in Katmandu, Nepal. This musket and bayonet are in excellent condition with good wood and metal work, being manufactured at the state arsenal in Nepal. The gun has a steel back action lockplate with brass trigger guard, butt plate, fore end cap and barrel wedge plates. The musket is fitted with a fixed rearsight and foresight together with its original mushroom head steel ram rod and 2 iron sling swivels. The musket measures 50 ½ inches in length with a 36 inch barrel where the bore is clean with staining consistent with use. The trigger guard is engraved in Nepalese script as to the regimental issue. The musket’s cocking and firing action works crisply. The muzzle is fitted with a steel bayonet bar and is complete with its original steel hilted Nepalese model 1841 sword bayonet which has spiral decoration to the hilt. The knuckle bow has scrolling lines and the langet his engraved with a stylised lion. The single edge blade has a short back edge and measures 66cm long with a 55cm blade. See pages 40 – 43 & 123 - 128 including the plates in Guns of the Gurkhas, (The lost arsenal: pistols, rifles and machine guns of the Royal Nepalese Army, 1816 – 1945) by John Walter. As an obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:10 £0.00
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