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FOREWORD by Donald Dallas |
v |
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INTRODUCTION |
vii |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
viii |
| 1 |
Lazarino Cominazzo Wheel Lock Rifle sn: nsn |
1 |
| 2 |
Wheel Lock Rifle of German or Austrian Origin sn: nsn |
3 |
| 3 |
Benjamin Griffin Flintlock Breech Loading Park Rifle sn: nsn |
5 |
| 4 |
John Twigg Flintlock Rook and Rabbit Rifle sn: nsn |
9 |
| 5 |
William Jover Flintlock Big Game Rifle sn: nsn |
13 |
| 6 |
Durs Egg Flintlock Breech Loading Rifle sn: nsn |
17 |
| 7 |
Joseph Manton Flintlock Rifle sn: 140 |
22 |
| 8 |
John Bass Flintlock Big Game Rifle sn: nsn |
25 |
| 9 |
Henry Nock Flintlock Double Rifle sn: 1640 |
30 |
| 10 |
Innes & Wallace Flintlock Rifle sn: nsn |
33 |
| 11 |
John Manton Flintlock Rifle sn: 4102 |
35 |
| 12 |
Durs Egg Over and Under Flintlock Rifle Shotgun sn: nsn |
42 |
| 13 |
Joseph Manton Percussion Rifle sn: 5826 |
45 |
| 14 |
Samuel Henry Staudenmayer Tubelock Volley Rifle sn: 1498 |
52 |
| 15 |
Henry Tatham Over and Under Flintlock Rifle Shotgun sn: 1519 |
59 |
| 16 |
Elisha Collier Flintlock Revolving Pistol Carbine sn: 4 |
63 |
| 17 |
James Purdey Percussion Sporting Rifle sn: 2153 |
66 |
| 18 |
Elisha Collier Percussion Revolving Carbine sn: 121 |
71 |
| 19 |
John Dickson & Son Percussion Double Rifle and Shotgun sn: 1071 |
73 |
| 20 |
Thomas Boss Percussion Rifle sn: 831 |
79 |
| 21 |
Unmarked Percussion Rifle sn: nsn |
85 |
| 22 |
Thomas Boss Percussion Double Rifle sn: 1119 |
87 |
| 23 |
Joseph Needham Needle-Fire Oval-Bore Breech Loading Rifle sn: 918 |
92 |
| 24 |
James Wilkinson & Son Percussion Double Rifle sn: 5942 |
97 |
| 25 |
William & John Rigby Percussion Double Rifle sn: 10453 |
105 |
| 26 |
Charles Lancaster Percussion Double Rifle sn: 2529 |
113 |
| 27 |
Samuel & Charles Smith Imperial Cap Double Rifle sn: 6198 |
120 |
| 28 |
Volcanic Breech Loading Pistol Carbine sn: 442 |
125 |
| 29 |
Alexander Henry Percussion Rifle sn: 362 |
128 |
| 30 |
Thomas Wilson & Co. Capping Breech Loading Rifle sn: A1658 |
136 |
| 31 |
James Purdey Percussion Military Target Rifle sn: 7001 |
139 |
| 32 |
Charles Maybury Percussion Double Rifle sn: 1698 |
142 |
| 33 |
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander MacKay Greenfield of Ballarat |
144 |
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Alexander Henry Percussion Sporting and Target Rifle sn: 815 |
146 |
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Rigby Percussion Target Rifle sn: 14562 |
148 |
| 34 |
Calisher & Terry Capping Breech Loading Rifle sn: 4303 |
153 |
| 35 |
Alexander Henry Percussion Sporting and Target Rifle sn: 811 |
156 |
| 36 |
Alexander Henry Percussion Sporting and Target Rifle sn: 726 |
159 |
| 37 |
W & J Rigby Needle-Fire Breech Loading Rifle sn: 12123 |
163 |
| 38 |
James Purdey Percussion Double Rifle sn: 6586 |
168 |
| 39 |
James Purdey Percussion Double Rifle sn: 6971 |
171 |
| 40 |
Westley Richards & Co. Capping Breech Loading Carbine sn: 2532 |
174 |
| 41 |
James Purdey Express Percussion Double Rifle sn: 7044 |
177 |
| 42 |
William Soper Breechloading Target Rifle sn: 638 |
183 |
| 43 |
Parker Field Percussion Target Rifle sn: 10467 |
185 |
| 44 |
George Gibbs Metford Percussion Target Rifle. sn: 7629 |
188 |
| 45 |
The Story of the New South Wales Rigbys |
191 |
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Rigby Percussion Target Rifle sn: 14191 |
193 |
| 46 |
Alexander Henry Breech Loading Rifle sn: 3576 |
198 |
| 47 |
Gibbs Farquharson Metford Breech Loading Target Rifle sn: 14444 |
200 |
| 48 |
Winchester Model 1876 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 10015 |
203 |
| 49 |
Remington No. 1 Breech Loading Sporting Rifle sn: 9682 |
206 |
| 50 |
Maynard Model 1882 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 26288 |
208 |
| 51 |
Winchester Model 1873 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 133831 |
211 |
| 52 |
Winchester Model 1873 Breech Loading Carbine sn: 250395B |
217 |
| 53 |
Winchester Model 1885 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 31552 |
218 |
| 54 |
The Top End in the Fifties |
220 |
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Isaac Hollis & Sons Martini Breech Loading Rifle sn: 18787 |
222 |
| 55 |
Daniel Fraser Breech Loading Pistol Carbine sn: 2575 |
224 |
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Anne Charlotte Le Gendre Starkie (1862-1938) |
226 |
| 56 |
Alexander Henry Breech Loading Double Rifle sn: 6677 |
230 |
| 57 |
Winchester Model 1895 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 73916 |
232 |
| 58 |
Bill Ryan - Professional Hunter - East Africa |
235 |
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Winchester Model 70 Breech Loading Rifle sn: 76588 |
242 |
| 59 |
Chris Bean – Collector and Dealer |
244 |
| 60 |
Ian Cummins – Collector and Dealer |
245 |
| 61 |
Doug Mills - Collector of Fine English Flintlocks |
246 |
| 62 |
Bob Stagg - Winchester Collector |
254 |
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INDEX |
256 |