Product Details
GUST. TICHY
A .450 (2 1/2IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 428,
25 5/8in. black powder only Bohler Blitz-steel barrels with matt rib, open sights and bead foresight, tubes engraved 'GUST. TICHY. MAHR. OSTRAU.', treble-grip action, carved percussion fences, top-strap with flip-up peepsight, rebounding back-action locks with hare's-ear spurred hammers, set triggers, border and scroll engraving, the lockplates with naive images of hound and hart, some colour-hardened finish, 13 1/2in. figured pistolgrip stock with sculpted cheekpiece, repaired crack at hand, horn pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, missing rear sling swivel, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 7lb.
Estimate £1,500-2,000
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.