Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2017 : Sale A1217 Lot 511
PERRY, USA AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 12-BORE PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL PERRY CARBINE, serial no. 380,

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PERRY, USA
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 12-BORE PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'PERRY CARBINE', serial no. 380,
circa 1864 and smoothbored from the original .54 calibre, with 21in. triple-staged barrel (sights removed and filled), slab-sided receiver with radiused edges (welded repair), the breech-block hinging upwards by swing down on the trigger-guard tang lever, boxlock action with exposed hammer, automatic primer-feed (accessed through the heel-plate), walnut butt-stock, blued furniture including engraved trigger-guard bow and walnut splinter fore-end with no provision for barrel-band, the whole cleaned and re-finished, devoid of markings

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Estimate £600-800