Product Details
A .58 RIMFIRE 'ROBERTS PATENT' SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING TWO-BAND RIFLE, serial no. 4313,
made by the Providence Tool Company of Providence Rhode Island, with 30 3/4in. barrel rifled with three grooves, fitted with a block and blade front-sight, and Enfield pattern ladder rear-sight, the barrel is also fitted with a bayonet lug near the muzzle, the action stamped "ROBERTS PAT / JUNE 11 1867", the lock of Enfield style plain and unmarked, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock, two iron barrel bands the bottom one an incorrect period replacement, complete with original rod
Provenance: This interesting breech loading system was designed by General Benjamin S Roberts as a conversion system for muzzle loaders. It features a tip down breech block actuated by a top lever. The majority of arms converted were model 1861/63 U.S. Springfield rifles consequently Enfield type conversions such as this are quite rare, It is known that the state of New York acquired 2000 Roberts conversions and South Carolina a further 5000. It is also believed that a quantity were supplied to France during the Franco Prussian war
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Estimate £500-700
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament