Westley Richards Centerfire Monkey Tail Carbine
This video provides an in-depth review of the rare Westley Richards Centerfire Monkey Tail Carbine, detailing its unique breech-loading mechanism, historical context, and technical specifications. Ian McCollum highlights its development as a capping breech loader adapted for centerfire paper cartridges, its adoption by British Cavalry, and its use in frontier conflicts like South Africa. The review emphasizes the carbine's innovative 'monkey tail' lever, its .450 caliber, and the specific features of this centerfire variant, noting its rarity with only about 600 produced.











