This is gun I bought online in New Zealand to try out my brandnew NZ FAC. I regularly attended a 2 day major auction in Wellington from which I’d regularly bought air rifles. On the first day there was always a policeman in attendance. He turned out to be the main man in the capital, regarding firearms. I explained the UK’s Obsolete Calibres Law (no equivalent there) and asked if it would be feasible for me to obtain an FAC for the purchase and export of said arms. At this time ( Precovid ) I was going on buying trips there twice yearly so I had everything set up in advance of my next trip ( details available if anybody is interested. It was very simple and almost amusing ).During the first 5 days of my subsequent trip I’s sat the exam and had a home visit ( the mate I always lodge with ) and my licence turned up in due course.

That’s the backstory :- this is the weapon. Dated 1875 it is a 2 band carbine ( 19” barrel, not quite full stocked 4” short). It has lots of stamps including the point-to-point broad arrows and that of Hazards, a well-known Auckland gunsmith. The woodwork has no cracks or splits but reflects that it is almost halfway through it’s second century. It is sighted out to 800 yards but I think the realistic range was nearer 600. With a bullet the size of the first joint on my index finger the trajectory must have been that of a rainbow. The collector I bought it from said he’d never fired it but the previous owner to him had. Of course that is purely background. Everything feels right about, really crisp. I’ve never been able to post photos on here but will be happy to send them to a supplied email address.

It can be seen, by appointment, at my home 9 miles NE of Doncaster and, ideally, collected from there. My only experience of posting guns is limited to NZ so I require advice.

Asking price £450.
ATB, Mick

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