Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2016 : Sale A0616 Lot 900
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., A .450 (No2) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL 1871 IMPROVED MARTINI, serial no. 1637,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.,
A .450 (No2) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL '1871 IMPROVED MARTINI', serial no. 1637,
dated for 1882, with 28in. round barrel, applied matted top-rib, engraved 'HENRY'S PATENT RIFLING', and 'RIFLE FOR No2 CASE', dove-tailed fore-sight, five folding leaf express rear sight with additional ladder, the action scroll engraved, nickel-plated and signed 'MANUFACTURED BY WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON & BIRMINGHAM' on the left and 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT' on the right, the blued underlever and plated block retaining with engraving, walnut semi-pistolgrip stock with white metal oval escutcheon inlet to right hand side, steel buttplate with trap (retaining contents), sling eyes, detachable bolstered fore-end with ramrod finial, under-barrel rib with further thimble, missing clearing rod, the whole lightly worn with losses to finish

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Estimate £1,000-1,500