Product Details
J. PURDEY
A .500 (3IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 8659,
29in. black powder only bold damascus barrels, rib engraved 'J. PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD STREET, LONDON.', open sights with two folding leaf sights, white metal inlaid sight lines and marked for 150 and 200 yards, bead fore-sight, rounded bar action with carved percussion fences and side-clips, non-rebounding island back-action locks with finely engraved high-spurred dolphin hammers, hammer bolts removed, Jones patent rotary-underlever with Purdey long guard lever with chequered skeletal pistolgrip to the rear, fine acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. well-figured stock with cheekpiece, sling eyes and chequered steel buttplate, weight 9lb. 12oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather case, internally relined and with Purdey trade label, the lid exterior marked 'ANTHONY G. CUNARD. BATH CLUB'
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1872 as a '40-bore' centre fire rifle with 29in. barrels. It was made for a Capt. Julius Barr (Bar?)
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Estimate £6,000-8,000