Product Details
Ex. JOHN LEES COLLECTION
REILLY, LONDON
A FINE CASED 60-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT ROOK or PARK RIFLE, serial no. 10619,
circa 1865 , with expertly re-browned 28in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat signed 'REILLY, NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON', applied blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with two additional folding leaves, scroll engraved squared patent breech, colour hardened top tang with scroll engraving, border and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'REILLY, LONDON' (traces of colour), french polished walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, reblued iron furniture and ebony ramrod, complete with its manufacturer's oak storage case with pink parchment trade label, the interior lined and compartmented in green velvet and containing a number of period accessories probably original to this rifle
Other Notes: This actual rifle is featured in Winfer & Rowe's book, 'British Single Shot Rifles Volume 7' on page 87
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Estimate £1,500-2,500