Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 632
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON A .450 (No.2 MUSKET) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL MARTINI PATENT, serial no. 3152,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON
A .450 (No.2 MUSKET) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'MARTINI PATENT', serial no. 3152,
circa 1880, with reblued 26in. round tapering barrel, the left side below rear-sight marked 'FOR WESTLEY RICHARDS No2 MUSKET CARTRIDGE', block fore-sight with dove-tailed bead, short elevating ladder rear-sight, triangle trademark to nocksform, slab-sided receiver with the trademark repeated on the left above 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON', the right side with 'MARTINI PATENT', teardrop cocking indicator, chequered walnut butt-stock, iron heel-plate, short under-lever and chequered walnut splinter fore-end, the barrel and butt equipped with eyelets for sling, refinished throughout

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Estimate £400-600  € 444-666

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