Product Details
* A .577/450 MARTINI-HENRY SPORTING RIFLE, SIGNED J.S.F. BOTHA, no visible serial number, circa 1870s, with 28 1/2 in. sighted barrel with Birmingham proof-marks, falling block action with South African registration number 'WR89976', left side of receiver stamped with 'MADE IN ENGLAND FOR J.S.F. BOTHA / CAPE TOWN' within a circular belt, chequered forend with horn cap, worn, forend chequering smoothed, butt with wood filler where butt joins the receiver, chipped loss and heel, butt-plate rusted and dented, modern sling swivel in heel
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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