Product Details
A FRENCH RETAILED 32-BORE TRANTER PATENT DOUBLE-TRIGGER FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION REVOLVING RIFLE,
with 21 1/4in. octagonal barrel with feint retailer's details engraved towards the breech (possibly Francis Marquis, ? Boulevard des Italiens, Paris'), border engraved cylinder and frame, the latter marked 'W. TRANTERS PATENT' with feint number, figured walnut butt with chequered grip, iron butt-plate and flat-fronted pistolgrip trigger-guard, and fixed rammer marked 'W. TRANTERS PATENT' (cleaned bright overall), London proof marks.
Estimate £1,200-1,600
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.