Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2017 : Sale A0317 Lot 801
RICHARDSON & OVERMAN, USA A .50 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL GALLAGERS PATENT, serial no. 17057,
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* RICHARDSON & OVERMAN, USA
A .50 CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE, MODEL 'GALLAGER'S PATENT', serial no. 17057,
circa 1862, with 22in. slide and tilt sighted barrel, cast receiver with under-lever opening, back-action lock marked 'MANUFACT'D BY RICHARDSON & OVERMAN PHILAD.A' and 'GALLAGER'S PATENT JULY 15TH 1860', walnut straight-hand stock with hinged iron patchbox-cover and long saddle-bar with ring to left hand side (traces of finish throughout).
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Estimate £800-1,200