Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 921
AN 11mm BOLT-ACTION SERVICE RIFLE SIGNED ST. ETIENNE, MODEL GRAS MLE 1874, serial no. 36529,
Product Details
AN 11mm BOLT-ACTION SERVICE RIFLE SIGNED 'ST. ETIENNE', MODEL 'GRAS MLE 1874', serial no. 36529,
circa 1877, with 27 1/2in. sighted barrel, octagonal receiver signed by the maker and marked 'MLE 1874' and 'M80', turned down bolt (miss-numbered), plain walnut three-quarter stock with brass furniture, two brass barrel-bands and a brass nose-cap together with its original iron cleaning rod
Estimate £200-300