Main Sale - June 2011 : Sale A1054 Lot 509
THOMAS TURNER, BIRMINGHAM, A .451 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE,
Product Details
THOMAS TURNER, BIRMINGHAM,
A .451 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT RIFLE,
circa 1870, private purchase in the military style, with 33in. barrel, period replacement adjustable target-style tunnel fore-sight, military-style elevating ladder rear-sight, plain border-lined lock signed 'THOMAS TURNER, FISHER ST. BIRMINGHAM' (faint), walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture, no provision for bayonet, steel ramrod (lock partially cleaned, some mild pitting under old re-finish to barrel)
Estimate £800-1,200