Product Details
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.
A SCARCE .451 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL 'PORTUGESE CONTRACT MONKEYTAIL', serial no. P7436,
dated for 1867, with sighted 33in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, adjustable ladder rear-sight, marked forwards of rear-sight 'WHITWORTH PATENT', the squared-off nocksform marked '70 GRAINS', lifting breech-block with extended tang signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT' together with the 'triangle' trademark, flat, plain military style lock signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO', the date '1867' within a triangle at the tail, plain hammer, plain military-style full-stock (cleaned, small inlet repair behind lock), brass butt-plate and trigger-guard, iron barrel-band with bayonet lug, brass nose-cap and original iron clearing rod
Estimate £1,200-1,600