Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 512
AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED 'REYNOLDS', MODEL 'PLAINS RIFLE', no visible serial number,

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AN 80-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED 'REYNOLDS', MODEL 'PLAINS RIFLE', no visible serial number,
American, circa 1855, with heavy octagonal 34in. iron barrel (patchy staining), dovetailed tunnel fore-sight, dovetailed rear-sight base with tube peep-sight fitted on extension bar (re-attached) with screw pillar adjuster, colour-hardened breech-block with scroll engraving and twin 'gold' lines, long top-tang with rope-twist engraving, acanthus scroll engraved back-action lock signed 'REYNOLDS', slab-sided engraved hammer, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, raised cheek-piece inlet with a silhouette of a stag in white metal, white metal rectangular patch-box with pierced and engraved hinge, the lid with foliate scroll engraving and released with a concealed button in the top-spur of the white metal crescent heel-plate, engraved toe-plate, white metal trigger-guard bow and raised tang, double-set triggers, white metal nose-cap with integral ramrod throat, plain iron thimbles and brass tipped mahogany ramrod

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Estimate £800-1,200