1. Foster 996
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 996
- Title:
- Dreyse needle-fire cavalry carbine
- Scope & Content:
- Breech-loading, rifled, approx .686in calibre. East India Company experimental pattern piece number 83 (engraved ‘83’ on buttplate tang). This gun derives its name from its Prussian designed ignition system of 1849; it contains a needle which punctures the powder charge and strikes a detonatin...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1849-1860
- Extent:
- 1 Item