Main Sale - September 2010 : Sale A1045 Lot 511
A .43 CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE

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A .43 CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
probably American circa 1860, with 26in heavy octagonal barrel, tunnel foresight, rearsight missing, provision for peepsight on tang, unsigned border engraved back action lock, double set trigger, American walnut half-stock with steel inlaid patch-box on right hand side, steel crescent heel plate, scrolled trigger guard, horn nose cap and brass-tipped wooden ramrod (light bruising to metal work, deep dent to wood above lock plate)
Estimate £400-600