Main Sale - September 2012 : Sale A1066 Lot 955
AN UNUSUAL .34in. NEEDLE-FIRE SINGLE-SHOT TAP-ACTION GALLERY-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, serial no. 6285,
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AN UNUSUAL .34in. NEEDLE-FIRE SINGLE-SHOT TAP-ACTION GALLERY-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, serial no. 6285,
circa 1865, with blued octagonal 19in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, dove-tailed rear-sight with elevating notch, large rotary tap with long lever mounted to the right hand side, push-button bolt release, the side of the action marked 'CAL O:,34" 6 GRAN PULVER', walnut half-stock with chequered straight-hand wrist and raised angular cheek-piece, schnabel fore-end (escutcheon missing from fore-end screw) and provision for sling, the whole with much original finish
Estimate £500-700