Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2013 : Sale A121213 Lot 536
A 32-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, THE SIGNATURE OBSCURED, MODEL THE ALEXANDRA RIFLE, no visible serial number,

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A 32-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, THE SIGNATURE OBSCURED, MODEL 'THE ALEXANDRA RIFLE', no visible serial number,
circa 1855, with octagonal 29 1/2in. barrel, dove-tailed nickel-silver fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, traces of a signature to top-flat, engraved breech-block with nickel-silver plug, scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved bar-action lock (signature rubbed and illegible), scroll engraved hammer, chequered walnut pistol-grip half-stock (broken through at wrist and crudely repaired), scroll engraved nickel-silver inlet plaque to right hand side of stock with a central banner inscribed 'THE ALEXANDRA RIFLE', engraved nickel-silver furniture including heel-plate, domed pistol-grip cap, square-backed trigger-guard and tang, ramrod throat and fore-end nose-cap, set-trigger, complete with an iron replacement ramrod from a service rifle

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Estimate £150-250