Product Details
MILLWARD, BIRMINGHAM
A SCARCE 6-BORE PERCUSSION LIGHTWEIGHT SINGLE-BARREL SPORTING OR PIGEON-GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1855 and probably for the sport of live pigeon shooting, with tapering twist-iron 36in. browned barrel, moulded short sighting rib at breech signed 'MILLWARD 42 WHITTALL STREET. BIRm.', bead fore-sight, squared border and scroll engraved breech, border and scroll engraved top-tang, engraved 'plug', unsigned border and scroll engraved bar-action lock, chequered walnut half-stock, iron heel-plate with engraved long top-spur, white metal rectangular escutcheon to wrist, iron furniture (some corrosion and replaced screws), single barrel key with oval iron escutcheon and fore-end tip with no provision for ramrod
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Estimate £700-900