Product Details
GEORGE GIBBS
A .450 / 400 (3 1/4IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS GIBBS-FARQUHARSON FALLING BLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 15327,
28in. black powder only barrel with Metford rifling, the breech end engraved 'METFORD 1832. GEORGE GIBBS 39 CORN ST. BRISTOL', open sights with two folding leaf sights (missing tangent sight), block-mounted bead fore-sight with flip-up moonsight and with a folding adjusting peepsight mounted at the hand, frame number 151, Farquharson's patent use number 678, bolted side safety with gold-inlaid 'BOLTED' detail, fine acanthus scroll engraving, the left side with a roundel engraved 'GEORGE GIBBS BRISTOL', the right with 'FARQUHARSON'S PATENT 678, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14 3/8in. figured pistolgrip stock (insert repairs to comb) with engraved steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap) and chequered steel buttplate, the heel with a shield-shaped escutcheon engraved '1', weight 7lb. 5oz.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament