Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 520
EDWARD PATON, PERTH A .451 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 1189,

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EDWARD PATON, PERTH
A .451 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 1189,
circa 1850, with re-browned octagonal 29 1/2in. barrel signed 'EDWARD PATON, 44 GEORGE STREET PERTH' (refreshed), dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with one folding leaf, patent square breech, border and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'EDWARD PATON', scroll engraved dolphin hammer, chequered walnut half-stock with white-metal oval escutcheon to the wrist, iron heel-plate with calibre designation to heel, single set trigger, horn fore-end tip, iron swivels and original ramrod (refinished, engraving refreshed)
Estimate £1,000-1,500