Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 950
GEORGE GIBBS A .297-250 (ROOK) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 83967,
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GEORGE GIBBS
A .297-250 (ROOK) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 83967,
circa 1895, with two-stage 26in. barrel, ramp and blade fore-sight, two folding and one standing leaf rear-sight, the top of breech signed 'GEORGE GIBBS, 39 CORN STREET, BRISTOL, & 35 SAVILLE ROW, LONDON, S. W.', automatic ejector, colour-hardened border engraved boxlock action with scroll engraved accents, blued central hammer, side-lever opening, walnut chequered pistol-grip butt-stock with colour-hardened grip-cap, snap-on chequered splinter fore-end with horn tip, the whole retaining much original finish
Estimate £400-600