Product Details
A .450 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION WESTLEY RICHARDS 'MONKEYTAIL' SPORTING CARBINE, serial no. 12169,
dated for 1874, with round 24 3/4in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, short elevating ladder rear-sight, the top of barrel signed forwards of the rear-sight 'MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR W. ZOLLMANN' and near the breech 'WHITWORTH PATENT', squared breech with fenced nipple, flip-up breech signed 'MANUFACTURED BY WESTLEY RICHARDS' surrounded by scroll engraving and also encompassing Westley Richards 'triangle' trademark, border and scroll engraved hammer and dated lock signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO', chequered walnut pistol-grip full-stock, iron heel-plate with central trapdoor and iron underbarrel clearing rod
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Estimate £400-600