Product Details
W. WATSON & SON
A .577 (SNIDER) / 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMER CAPE RIFLE, serial no. 5616,
circa 1871, 28in. bold twist barrels, broad matt rib with banner engraved 'W. WATSON & SON. 313 HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON.', folding leaf sights (one missing) with white metal sight lines and marked for 200 and 300 yards, shot barrel nitro reproved (in 2000), 2 3/4in. chamber, bored approx. true cyl., Jones patent rotary underlever with ring thumbpiece, carved percussion fences, non-rebounding back-action locks, border engraving, the triggerguard forming a skeletal steel pistolgrip (partially chequered), 14 5/8in. figured stock with sling eyes and including steel buttplate, fore-end with crosspin release and horn finial, weight 8lb. 14oz.
Estimate £1,500-2,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act