Whitworth .451 for Sale in New Zealand
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Wow... They don't say if they will ship to USA, tho.You won't get much more vintage than this one. For sale on an online auction site here in New Zealand.
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If you want to do it let me know. I have the connections to make this easy on the US end. I have brought antiques back many times from overseas. It is very easy.
I believe they were hammer forged, rifle dilled and then cut.
By the 1860's, the British arms industry was pretty innovative. Whitworth and Lord Armstrong were also massively in competition for the next great innovation and 'thing.' They even had competitive measuring systems... thread pitches... engineering standards. They were like Tesla and Edison... Ford and GM. Apple and IBM. One of the great tech battles of all time.
Whitworth was the tireless advocate of the small caliber as well.
Cheers,
Sirhr
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There are some lovely antique rifles lurking in NZ residences.
I purchased a beautiful Snider Enfield from there years ago.
Their New Zealand War/Maori Land Wars, caused an influx of military rifles.
The Forest Rangers, under command of Von Tempsky,took the fight to the Maori in their own style of fighting.
Shotgun, Bowie knife and hatchet.
Close quarter battle in the NZ forests....
"The New Zealand Wars" by James Belich, is a very good read.
You can also thank the Maori amongst others, for trench warfare.
I purchased a beautiful Snider Enfield from there years ago.
Their New Zealand War/Maori Land Wars, caused an influx of military rifles.
The Forest Rangers, under command of Von Tempsky,took the fight to the Maori in their own style of fighting.
Shotgun, Bowie knife and hatchet.
Close quarter battle in the NZ forests....
"The New Zealand Wars" by James Belich, is a very good read.
You can also thank the Maori amongst others, for trench warfare.
Just a good background article…
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Rifling: Polygonal Bore and the Whitworth Rifle
In our last post, we studied the principle of rifling with the expanding bullet . Now, we will study another system of rifling that has also...
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Steal! I hope someone treasures that one!
I just treated myself to a nice 16 ga. London Best hammer gun… so I couldn’t have bought it anyway!
Congrats to the winner, whoever you are!!!
Sirhr
PS… Aus dollars? Or American $$$. Just curious
Pedant mode on: the Forest Rangers were most associated with the Calisher and Terry carbines, an early breach loader, rather than the shotguns.
Pedant mode off.
Belich's book gives a good overview of the Maori Wars, but is a bit revisionist.
Frontier. The battle for the North Island of New Zealand by Peter Maxwell is a very good read, as is James Cowen's The New Zealand Wars published in 1923. Cowen actually interviewed participants from both sides of the battles he wrote about. Belich dismisses much of Cowen's work, to put his own slant on events.
The New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment traces its origins back to the Forest Rangers.
I’d have paid that in American $$ in an instant!
Oh well! Awesome deal someone got! Oops on my part!
Sirhr
Oh well! Awesome deal someone got! Oops on my part!
Sirhr
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