Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2017 : Sale A0317 Lot 503
A .750 PERCUSSION SERVICE-CARBINE SIGNED BENTZ and TOWER, serial no. 852,

Product Details

* A .750 PERCUSSION SERVICE-CARBINE SIGNED 'BENTZ' and 'TOWER', serial no. 852, believed converted from flint by the Tower armouries circa 1865 and issued to the 'Kings German Legion', with rifled 14 1/2in. barrel, blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, the top of the barrel signed 'BENTZ', flat bevel-edged lock signed 'TOWER', crown cypher and dated 1865 together with the serial number, walnut three-quarter stock with raised cheek-piece, iron furniture including heel-pate and long side-bar with loose saddle-ring, probable replacement iron ramrod

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Estimate £300-400