Original Victorian British East India Company Saddle Ring Carbine with Captured Ramrod & Twist Forged Barrel - circa 1842 Japanese Militaria Serial # 552032 indicates manufacture

Serial # 552032 indicates manufacture in 1892

reducing the width somewhat

It features a brass Butt plate

Theobald Ludwig died in 1918

Original Victorian British East India Company Saddle Ring Carbine with Captured Ramrod & Twist Forged Barrel - circa 1842 Japanese Militaria Serial # 552032 indicates manufactureOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just purchased back from the estate of a longtime IMA customer, this is a very nice British EIC Saddle Ring carbine with a very nice "Twist steel" forged barrel. The style of the "EIC Lion" on the lock looks to indicate local manufacture in India under British supervision, though it is also just as possible that it was assembled using British made parts. The hammer in particular definitely looks to be of British