Bengal Carbine

[Alpha1]

Ya could avoid the left hander problem (face near the action) the same way guitarists get around the problem.
Turn it upside down.

[Hrun]

Ya could avoid the left hander problem (face near the action) the same way guitarists get around the problem.
Turn it upside down.

Good idea.. I will try that next time and report back

[dromia]

It isn't just the action that is similar the gun looks like a P58 Native Mounted Police Smooth Bore Carbine, these were constructed from used, non interchangeable cut down P53s. Bore on these guns was 0.656", Barrel length was 21" overall length was around 3' 1". From this gun the Bengal native carbine pattern was sealed in February 1867. Two patterns were sealed one for Enfield manufacture and another for trade manufacture. 8000 Enfields were produced and had full interchangeability, the trade were also induced to produce to pattern and their guns did achieve some interchangeability.

Source The British Soldier's Firearm 1850-1864 by C.H.Roads

As most of the Empires military weapons were patterned then all M/L percussion derivatives tend to look very similar.

Has it been refinished at some point?

Are there any markings? If so any chance of some photos?

[Hrun]

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Has it been refinished at some point?

Are there any markings? If so any chance of some photos?

The little I do know about it came from a conversation with a guy at Kranks. Apparently there was a warehouse of barrels in India and so they roughed up some stocks and sold these as replicas. Kranks still sell an inert version.

http://www.henrykrank.com/index.php?mai ... ts_id=7466

I do not know about refinishing as I do not know what it would have looked like originally, but it does not look like it has been messed about with and has marks and wear I think are consistent with the age it is likely to be.

Pics of markings I do have, as I tried to look into it when I got it, but do not know what I am looking at. I do know it does not have a serial number and is listed on my licence as a 12g shotgun with N/A where the serial number would be recorded.

[Hrun]

And one more..

[dromia]

Moden day Indian repro then.

Hence the refinished look.

If they had a live firer I'd have one.

[Hrun]

Sorry, I should have said in the OP it was a replica. Still, I will take a live firing replica over a wall piece any day, and it was cheap as chips.