Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 517
A .875 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE SIGNED CHATELLERAULT, MODEL 1842, no visible serial number,
Product Details
A .875 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE SIGNED CHATELLERAULT, MODEL '1842', no visible serial number,
circa 1844, with heavy 34in. barrel, block and crescent-blade fore-sight, standing aperture and notch rear-sight, provision for folding ladder-sight (missing), back-action hump-back lock signed 'MLE ROU DE CHATELLERAULT', walnut three-quarter stock (stock extension replacing original heel-plate), iron furniture, lower tang with turned-down finger-stop, iron nose-cap and original iron cup-ended ramrod (exposed iron surfaces with light surface corrosion)
Estimate £200-300