Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2015 : Sale A0615 Lot 545
CHARLES LANCASTER A .451 (OVAL-BORE) PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT MATCH-RIFLE, no visible serial number,

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CHARLES LANCASTER
A .451 (OVAL-BORE) PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT MATCH-RIFLE, no visible serial number,
circa 1865, with round 36in. heavy barrel, short sighting rib at breech marked 'LANCASTER'S PATENT', block at muzzle for for fore-sight (missing), base for rear-sight (missing ladder) and provision for tang-sight, borderline and scroll engraving at breech, border engraved bar-action lock signed 'C.W. LANCASTER, 151 NEW BOND ST., LONDON', scroll engraved hammer, walnut half-stock with chequered capped pistol-grip and fore-end, full-length trigger-guard tang, iron furniture, and moulded horn fore-end tip with no provision for ramrod.

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Estimate £1,600-2,200