Description
Item number : UK HAW MF A10 LB
Origin : England
Style : MULTI FUNCTION
Gauge : 12
Functions : Closer, rammer
Suitable for pinfire : Yes
Stabilizer : No
Maker : G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY, Carver Street, Sheffield
Markings : “G. & J.W. Hawksley” and “12” on press lever
Biggest length : 260 mm
Height : 250 mm
Weight : 1,101 grams
Length of shell tube : 65 mm inside from closing cup to end. Long barrel.
Press lever : Steel with ebony handle. Steel is rust pitted.
Turning lever : Steel with ebony handle. Steel is rust pitted.
Closing cup : Brass
Cartridge pusher : N.a.
Materials body : Brass body
Paint : Retains some remains of the original dark red paint.
Table clamp : Top duck foot with 3 sharp steel pins.
Screw top is a replacement. Small round without pins
Condition : reasonable
Repairs : Top table screw has been replaced.
Remarks :
This tool is not listed in the 1889 catalogue. The one listed in that catalogue is completely different.
This tool, which has no funnel shows a proper end stop at the loading tube.
I named this tool an “A10 LB” (long barrel) just to give it a name. Any way, it doesn’t belong to the A49 series.
Apparently his tool has been for Joseph Lang & Sons, 33 New Bond Street, London