NUMBERS STAMPED ON IRISH GUNS

[corrado26]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

The Irish Registration numbers appear ONLY on guns OWNED in Ireland, irrespective of where they are actually made. Your Rigby....VERY NICE PIECE....would not have been OWNED in Ireland.

Thanks to cutlassCollector we now know that the Registration Act was published in 1843, so I think that my pistol is not marked because it was built long before the act of 1843
corrado26

[CutlassCollector]

Hi Ken, you're welcome - nice blunderbuss by the way.

Hi Corrado - As I understand it the registration would have been retroactive so kahnjar1 is probably correct in that your pistol was not owned in Ireland unless it was held back from registration and illegally held.


Regards, CC.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by corrado26

Thanks to cutlassCollector we now know that the Registration Act was published in 1843, so I think that my pistol is not marked because it was built long before the act of 1843
corrado26

Not necessarily. The blunderbuss shown would also have been made before that date. I believe that your pistol was not owned in Ireland, or it would have been stamped.