Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2016 : Sale A0916 Lot 554
AN UNUSUAL 100-BORE NICKEL BODIED PERCUSSION MUFF-PISTOL, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SIGNED HADDOW, NEWCASTLE, no visible serial numbe...

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AN UNUSUAL 100-BORE NICKEL BODIED PERCUSSION MUFF-PISTOL, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SIGNED 'HADDOW, NEWCASTLE', no visible serial numbers,
both circa 1840, the first with Birmingham proved iron turn-off 1 1/2in. barrel, false rifling and engraved band at muzzle, solid nickel central hammer action with integral solid nickel bag-shaped butt engraved with borders, scrolls and star-bursts, engraved nickel trigger-guard bow, the second of 40-bore, the 1 1/8in. turn-off barrel with engraved muzzle, squared boxlock iron action signed 'HADDOW, NEWCASTLE' and engraved with borders and trophies, central hammer, replacement sliding top-tang safe and slab-sided walnut butt

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Estimate £300-500