Original British 18th Century Bronze 6-Pounder Cannon Converted to Pattern 1895 Breech Loading Field Gun Japanese Documents and Books This most likely began life

This most likely began life with an "Augustin" style "tube lock"

It is offered in very good condition with light wear

but it is a bit shorter than usually seen

He was responsible for the RIFLING in the British Martini Henry Infantry Rifle of 1871

Original British 18th Century Bronze 6-Pounder Cannon Converted to Pattern 1895 Breech Loading Field Gun Japanese Documents and Books This most likely began lifeOriginal Item: Only One available. This is an amazing piece of history produced at a time of war in another impenetrable part of the British Empire. Britain started colonizing India in the early 18th Century and basically pushed the French out of contention at the Battles of Plessey and Pondicherry in 1757 and 1759 respectively. Britain gradually overcame all the individual States of what today in India itself, Bangla Desh and Pakistan, a vast area.