Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 601
WESTLEY RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM A .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL MADE SPECIALLY FOR ZAR MARTINI, serial no. 18084,

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* WESTLEY RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM
A .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'MADE SPECIALLY FOR ZAR MARTINI', serial no. 18084,
dated for 1897, with blued 32 3/4in. slightly shortened barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, the top of barrel behind rear-sight signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.', and marked 'HENRY RIFLING' forwards of the rear-sight, dated nocksform, slab sided receiver marked 'MADE SPECIALLY FOR ZAR' on the right, dropping feed-ramp with cocking indicator, no provision for safety, walnut butt-stock with plain blued iron heel-plate, short finger-lever, walnut fore-end (working inlet repair), two iron barrel-bands and nose-cap, complete with its flared end iron ramrod and swivels, refinished throughout

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Estimate £300-500  € 333-555

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament