Product Details
REILLY, LONDON
A RARE CASED 28-BORE PERCUSSION COMBINATION WALKING-STICK GUN, serial no. 7801,
circa 1845, comprising of a 28 3/4in. re-browned octagonal damascus rifle barrel signed 'REILLY NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON' (renewed), small dove-tailed crescent fore-sight, blued standing notch rear-sight with one folding leaf, a 29 3/4in. re-browned damascus round shot barrel with octagonal breech section (unsigned) and an unsigned octagonal 32-bore 3in. re-browned damascus pistol barrel (probably a later addition), matching period London proofs, together with a percussion under-hammer squared boxlock action with guarded trigger, the top-tang signed 'REILLY NEW OXFORD ST. LONDON', bag-shaped smooth walnut grip (inlet repair at head), key-hole escutcheon to the back of grip to accept a dismountable shoulder-stock (supplied), the whole contained within a mahogany storage case, compartmented and lined in purple velvet and including various accessories, moulds and other tools together with a powder and a shot-flask
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Estimate £1,500-2,000