Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2014 : Sale A0314 Lot 1177 - S1
WHITNEY, USA A .44-40 (WIN) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL WHITNEY-KENNEDY 1879, serial no. K304,

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* WHITNEY, USA
A .44-40 (WIN) LEVER-ACTION REPEATING SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'WHITNEY-KENNEDY 1879', serial no. K304,
circa 1885, with octagonal 24in. barrel, dovetailed fore-sight (blade missing), elevating ladder rear-sight, the top-flat of barrel marked 'WHITNEYVILLE ARMORY CT USA', plain receiver with top-ejection, the top-tang marked 'PAT'D JAN'Y 7-73 APRIL (2) 1 MAY 13 & AUG 12-79', walnut straight-hand butt-stock, iron crescent heel-plate with central sliding brass trap-door, full finger-loop to underlever, plain walnut fore-end with iron nose-cap and full-length under-barrel magazine

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Estimate £1,200-1,600

S1