Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 511
F. BARNES & CO., LONDON A RARE .702 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET, MODEL 1851 PATTERN MINIE RIFLE, no visible serial number,
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F. BARNES & CO., LONDON
A RARE .702 PERCUSSION RIFLED MUSKET, MODEL '1851 PATTERN MINIE RIFLE', no visible serial number,
circa 1851, with round iron 39in. barrel rifled in four grooves, solid top-tang, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, borderline engraved colour hardened lock signed 'F. BARNES & CO, LONDON', walnut full-stock, brass furniture, mushroom headed iron ramrod and Lovell's bayonet catch, much finish, the barrel refinished in antiquity
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Estimate £2,500-3,500