Main Sale - December 2010 : Sale A1048 Lot 704
A SCARCE .44 (RIMFIRE) SINGLE-SHOT UNDER-LEVER RIFLE, MODEL WHITNEY-HOWARD THE THUNDERBOLT, serial no. 116,
Product Details
A SCARCE .44 (RIMFIRE) SINGLE-SHOT UNDER-LEVER RIFLE, MODEL WHITNEY-HOWARD 'THE THUNDERBOLT', serial no. 116,
circa 1866, with round, tapering 23 1/2in. barrel, engraved 'THE THUNDERBOLT' , '116' and 'CHARLES POMEROY ? 113 CHEAPSIDE LONDON' (middle address obscured, the whole feint), dove-tailed fore-sight, ladder rear-sight graduated to 200 yards (slider missing), rounded boxlock action, straight-hand chequered walnut butt with shotgun style heel-plate, trigger-guard forming cocking lever (trigger blade crude replacement, iron surfaces discoloured, woodwork stripped)
Estimate £150-250