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GEORGE GIBBS, BRISTOL
A .451 PERCUSSION MATCH-RIFLE WITH METFORD RIFLING, serial no. 6106,
circa 1865, with heavy round 36in. barrel, the top signed 'GEORGE GIBBS, 29, CORN STREET BRISTOL' the short sighting rib at breech marked 'METFORD'S PATENT 123', bead at muzzle to locate ball-guide (included), block mounted windage adjustable tunnel fore-sight, no provision for rear-sight on barrel, squared breech-block, plain top-tang with integral mount for adjustable vernier diopter tang-sight (included), platinum plug, plain bar-action lock signed 'GEORGE GIBBS', plain hammer, chequered walnut pistol-grip half-stock with chequered iron heel-plate, gadrooned horn grip-cap, plain iron trigger-guard bow with finely chequered trigger-blade, single barrel-key with double-screwed escutcheons and rounded horn fore-end tip, no provision for ramrod isolated patches of shallow pitting at breech and lockplate
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Estimate £3,000-5,000