Product Details
A .40 2 1/2 (.40-70 SHARPS STRAIGHT) REMINGTON-HEPBURN No3. SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 8244,
circa 1882, with reblued heavy octagonal 30in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'E. REMINGTON & SONS, ILION, N.Y.', later folding globe fore-sight, the dove-tail for rear-sight blanked off and also drilled and tapped (also blanked off), reblued slab-sided receiver with radiused nocksform, central hammer behind the falling breech and side-lever opening, the wrist tang fitted with a later mid-range adjustable peep-sight, chequered semi pistol-grip walnut butt-stock, iron semi crescent heel-plate, plain trigger and walnut splinter fore-end with early style iron schnabel tip
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Estimate £1,000-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament