Small Arms Stocks of the United Kingdom

December 1861

The following table shows the stocks of small arms held by the Imperial government. It does not include the arsenals on Indian establishment, or of any unit in India, and does not include the arms held by colonial governments.

	Home		Abroad		Notes
	Service	Reserve	Service	Reserve
Muskets
M1856 and M1860	14071		10643		Abroad includes 10,000 en route to Canada
M1853	230892	41164	52481		Abroad includes 26,991 en route to Canada
P1851	11		411
Rifled M1841	14891		695
Rifled M1841, Sea Service	1957		1352
Westley-Richards Breachloader	98
Smoothbore		154163		42216
Flintlock		12441		9811
Rifles
Brunswick		5329		984
Heavy Navy		42		43
Flintlock		148		55
Carbines
M1853	5562		399
Lancaster	6346		63
Sharp's Breachloader	176
Terry's Breachloader	354
Westley-Richard's Breachloader	248
Greene's Breachloader	1960
Cavalry, East Indies, M1856	1352
Altered Paget's Light Cavalry	149
Pistol w/stock, yeomanry, M1856	670
Pistols
Rifled cavalry	2291
Revolvers	12850		1726
Smoothbore	5272		1779
Flintlock		104		3346
Swords, lancers, pikes, axes etc.
M1853 Cavalry	28317		853
Sea service, 27"	10232		2195
Sea service, 29"	44434		17544
Practice, Cavalry	1848		260
Practice, Sea service	17550		4968
Various other swords	8136		1483
Lances	1601
Pikes, land service	5190
Pikes, sea service	20101		5023
Boarding axes	2123

Source: WO33/11, being the records of the planning for the defence of Canada in late 1861/ early 1862