Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 517
MANCHESTER ORDNANCE & RIFLE CO. A RARE EXPERIMENTAL .577 SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL PATTERN 53/56 TYPE, serial no. D602,

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* MANCHESTER ORDNANCE & RIFLE CO.
A RARE EXPERIMENTAL .577 SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN '53/56 TYPE', serial no. D602,
possibly for volunteers or trials, with 39in. Whitworth rifled barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, the top of breech signed 'WHITWORTH PATENT', commercial proofs, plain lock signed 'MANCHESTER ORDNANCE & RIFLE CO.',with the Whitworth 'wheatsheaf' trademark to the tail, chequered walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture including variant trigger guard, heel-plate and three barrel-bands, iron ramrod with 'cotton-reel' tip, much original blued finish with traces of colour

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Estimate £2,000-3,000