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A SCARCE .58 (C/F) SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL 'NEEDHAM'S CONVERSION OF THE 1861 MUSKET', no visible serial number,
also known as 'the Fenian model', circa 1866-71, with 37in. barrel in the white, fore-sight absent, small rear-sight consisting of one standing notch with a folding leaf, plain rounded receiver with sideways opening breech-block locked shut by a ball-detent and the external hammer with elongated nose, bar action lock retaining a U.S. eagle device, the date '1861' and 'BRIDESBURG', walnut full-stock, the iron heelplate marked 'U.S.' on the top-spur, three iron barrel bands and cup-ended iron ramrod



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Estimate £800-1,200

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament

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