Product Details
* A TRANVAAL .577/450 'ZAR' MARTINI RIFLE SIGNED WESTLEY RICHARDS, serial number 23652, late 1890s, with 32 1/2 in. sighted barrel, falling block action, receiver marked with triangle and 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & Co', with ' MADE SPECIALLY FOR / Z A R' over, full stocked, a crude restoration, barrel a commercial replacement, all other metalwork cleaned with much deep pitting, stock with oil staining and heavily sanded, leaving the butt-plate significantly 'proud', the fore-end length with an added 1/2 in. rough wooden spacer between it and the receiver to accommodate the increased length of the barrel, losses where the butt meets the receiver, cleaning rod absent
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Estimate £200-300
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament