310/300 ROOK RIFLE (K300)

In the cabinet

BRITISH SPORTING .30" UP TO .399" · 2 images

Reading the headstamp

12 o'clockMaker's name or factory code

6 o'clockCalibre or year of manufacture

CentrePrimer — Berdan or Boxer, and any seal colour

From around 1895 for the Lead round nosed version (K300) according to Fleming. There is also a hollow point version (K305) that dates from 1898.

2015Catalogued in the collection

2023Record last revised · 2023-05-11

Same drawer

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