Main Sale - December 2011 : Sale A1058 Lot 529
R. T. PRITCHETT A SCARCE .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT MINIE RIFLE, MODEL PATTERN 1853/56, no visible serial number,
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R. T. PRITCHETT
A SCARCE .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT 'MINIE' RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1853/56', no visible serial number,
circa 1856, with 34in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, ladder rear-sight with elevator, hooked-breech, the flat border-line engraved lockplate signed 'R. T. PRITCHETT' (feint), military-style three-quarter straight-hand stock with iron furniture, two iron barrel-wedges and original iron ramrod (exposed iron surfaces darkly stained with some minor pitting)
Estimate £500-700