Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 933
G.H. DAW & CO. A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL MKIII TWO-BAND, serial no. 62,
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G.H. DAW & CO.
A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL 'MKIII TWO-BAND', serial no. 62,
undated but circa 1870, with 30 1/2in. sighted barrel, flip-open breech-block with thumb locking catch, plain military style lock signed 'G.H. DAW & CO, 57 THREADNEEDLE ST, LONDON', walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture including two barrel-bands, the front with bayonet lug, iron nose-cap and under-barrel clearing rod, exposed iron surfaces darkly stained with some pitting
Estimate £500-700