Product Details
MERIDEN MANUFACTURING CO., USA
A RARE .50 (SPENCER) TWIST-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE, MODEL 'TRIPLETT & SCOTT', no visible serial number,
manufactured 1864-65, with 30in. round barrel, pinched blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, slab-sided rounded-top and bottom, the breech side marked 'KENTUCKY', slab-sided central hammer, the receiver signed 'MERIDEN MAN.FG. CO., MERIDEN, CONN.', the top-tang marked 'TRIPLETT & SCOTT PATENT DEC. 6 1864' and mounted with the barrel-release button, automatic trapdoor for the concealed tubular magazine in the butt (closure spring at fault), walnut butt-stock with iron heel-plate (crack at right hand side of head), sling swivels mounted at heel and toe and walnut splinter fore-end with singular iron barrel-band, a strong amount of colour and finish remaining, overall length 46in., weight approximately 8 1/4lbs.
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament