Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2017 : Sale A0317 Lot 512
THE WHITWORTH CO. LTD, MANCHESTER A .451 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL MILITARY PATTERN, serial no. C476,

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THE WHITWORTH CO. LTD, MANCHESTER
A .451 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE, MODEL 'MILITARY PATTERN', serial no. C476,
circa 1865, with re-blued round 33in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight blade, elevating ladder rear-sight, the top of barrel marked 'WHITWORTH PATENT', plain top-tang, military style lock signed 'THE WHITWORTH COMPANY LIMITED', together with a Whitworth crowned 'W' trademark, walnut full-stock with re-blued iron furniture, two barrel-bands and shaped nose-cap, the front band with lug for bayonet and complete with jag-ended iron ramrod

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Estimate £800-1,200