Main Sale - December 2011 : Sale A1058 Lot 528
ENFIELD A 450 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION MUZZLE-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL R. HUGHES PATENT, no visible serial number,
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ENFIELD
A 450 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION MUZZLE-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'R. HUGHES PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1865, with 25 1/2in re-blued possibly shortened barrel marked 'WHITWORTH RIFLING, 450 BORE', block and blade fore-sight, ladder rear-sight with elevator, squared-off raised breech-section, plain flat lock signed 'ENFIELD' beneath a Victoria crown at the tail and marked 'R. HUGHES PATENT' forwards of the hammer, military style wood three-quarter stock with brass furniture, fully chequered at the wrist and one iron barrel-band, replacement ramrod
Estimate £600-800