A VERY RARE .577 MONT STORM PATENT BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION NAVAL RIFLE, NO. 546, WITH ITS CUTLASS BAYONET THE RIFLE SIGNED BARNETT, LONDON, THE BAYONET SIGNED POTTS & HUNT, CIRCA 1858-60 THE RIFLE WITH SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH FIVE SHALLOW GROOVES AND RETAINED BY TWO IRON BANDS, BAYONET LUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MUZZLE, TIP-UP BREECH-BLOCK STAMPED 'MONT STORM'S PATENT', SIGNED LOCK WITH 'TOWER' AND CROWN, THREE-QUARTER STOCK, REGULATION BRASS MOUNTS, AND IRON SLING SWIVELS AND RAMROD, THE BUTT-PLATE NUMBERED '149'; THE BAYONET OF RARE 1858 ENFIELD PATTERN WITH SLIGHTLY CURVED FLAT BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT AND SIGNED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, STEEL GUARD PAINTED WITH BLACK LACQUER ON THE INSIDE AND WITH CHEQUERED LEATHER GRIPS, AND ORIGINAL STEEL-MOUNTED LEATHER SCABBARD 33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL, 27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE WILLIAM MONT STORM (1856-71) RECEIVED A U.S. PATENT FOR HIS 'SELF-SEALING-CHAMBER SYSTEM' IN JULY 1856. HIS SYSTEM EMPLOYS A CENTRAL BOLT LOCKING THE BREECH-BLOCK FROM THE REAR ON THE FALL OF THE HAMMER. IT WAS TRIED BY THE BRITISH ARMY, AND THE INVENTOR WAS AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. HE ALSO INVENTED THE SO-CALLED 'MONT STORM SILK CARTRIDGE' - IN FACT MADE OF TRANSLUCENT ANIMAL INTESTINE BOUND WITH SILK CORD AND FULLY CONBUSTIBLE, LEAVING THE CHAMBER EMPTY FOR THE NEXT ROUND (2)
A VERY RARE .577 MONT STORM PATENT BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION NAVAL RIFLE, NO. 546, WITH ITS CUTLASS BAYONET THE RIFLE SIGNED BARNETT, LONDON, THE BAYONET SIGNED POTTS & HUNT, CIRCA 1858-60 THE RIFLE WITH SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH FIVE SHALLOW GROOVES AND RETAINED BY TWO IRON BANDS, BAYONET LUG ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MUZZLE, TIP-UP BREECH-BLOCK STAMPED 'MONT STORM'S PATENT', SIGNED LOCK WITH 'TOWER' AND CROWN, THREE-QUARTER STOCK, REGULATION BRASS MOUNTS, AND IRON SLING SWIVELS AND RAMROD, THE BUTT-PLATE NUMBERED '149'; THE BAYONET OF RARE 1858 ENFIELD PATTERN WITH SLIGHTLY CURVED FLAT BLADE DOUBLE-EDGED AT THE POINT AND SIGNED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE, STEEL GUARD PAINTED WITH BLACK LACQUER ON THE INSIDE AND WITH CHEQUERED LEATHER GRIPS, AND ORIGINAL STEEL-MOUNTED LEATHER SCABBARD 33IN. (83.8CM.) BARREL, 27IN. (68.6CM.) BLADE WILLIAM MONT STORM (1856-71) RECEIVED A U.S. PATENT FOR HIS 'SELF-SEALING-CHAMBER SYSTEM' IN JULY 1856. HIS SYSTEM EMPLOYS A CENTRAL BOLT LOCKING THE BREECH-BLOCK FROM THE REAR ON THE FALL OF THE HAMMER. IT WAS TRIED BY THE BRITISH ARMY, AND THE INVENTOR WAS AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. HE ALSO INVENTED THE SO-CALLED 'MONT STORM SILK CARTRIDGE' - IN FACT MADE OF TRANSLUCENT ANIMAL INTESTINE BOUND WITH SILK CORD AND FULLY CONBUSTIBLE, LEAVING THE CHAMBER EMPTY FOR THE NEXT ROUND (2)
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