Product Details
* A RARE 20-BORE PERCUSSION REVOLVING RIFLE SIGNED DEANE & SONS, serial no. 11832R,
circa 1858, with octagonal 27 1/2in. barrel, the top-strap signed 'DEANE & SONS, 30 KING WILLIAM ST., LONDON BRIDGE' (renewed), dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with two additional folding leaves mounted above barrel throat, the underside of throat marked '468 No.20' and with London proofs, plain five-shot cylinder with refreshed serial number and re-engraved band to leading edge, frame re-engraved with borderlines and scrolls and marked on the front strap 'No.20', moulded flash guard to the left hand side of standing breech, applied hammer cover, double action only trigger mechanism with oversize flat-fronted chequered trigger guard bow, chequered walnut straight hand butt-stock, the top-strap with button safe, iron heel-plate with stepped top-spur and re-engraved lower tang, the left side of action fitted with a re-engraved swinging rammer, refinished with traces of fine pitting
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Estimate £2,000-3,000