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WESTLEY RICHARDS
A 12-BORE 1864 PATENT SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION BAR-IN-WOOD TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 11890,
for 1869, 30in. nitro reproved barrels (in 1990), the rib engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS. 170. NEW BOND ST. LONDON.' and 'PATENT' at the breech end, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, incorporating Westley Richards patent single-bite toplever snap-action, patent no. 1572 of 14th June 1871, use number 1749, carved teardrop fences, bar-action locks with non-rebounding dolphin hammers, retaining much renewed colour-hardening, bar-in-wood, the fore-end meeting at the knuckle in a crab joint, border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and much renewed finish, 14in. well-figured stock including steel buttplate, Hackett-type snap on semi-beavertail fore-end (some well executed insert repairs), weight 6lb. 14oz.
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Estimate £700-900
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act