Product Details
G.E. LEWIS
A .500 / 450 (2 1/2IN.) BLACK POWDER TOPLEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 7013,
29 3/4in. Adams & Tait black powder only barrels with Metford rifling, broad file cut rib with a banner engraved 'G.E. LEWIS. TREBLE GRIP. HONORS AT PARIS, 1878, MEDAL & DIPLOMA SYDNEY 1880, ORDER OF MERIT MELBOURNE 1881, 32 & 33 LOWER LOVEDAY ST. BIRMINGHAM, NO. 7013. METFORDS PATENT RIFLING', open sights and four folding leaf sights with white metal inlaid sight lines and marked 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400, treble-grip action with carved percussion fences, slender toplever, rebounding sidelocks with carved hammers, fine acanthus scroll engraving surrounding vignettes of tiger and leopard, the triggerguard with a lion, brushed bright and reblued finish, 14 5/8in. pistolgrip stock with steel pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, sling eyes, fore-end chequering refreshed, weight 9lb. 10oz.
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament