Product Details
I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON
A .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'SNIDER CAVALRY CARBINE', no visible serial number,
circa 1870, with 18 3/4in. barrel signed 'I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON', block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip-open breech with locking thumb-piece, plain lock signed 'I. Hollis & SONS', 'MAKER'S TO HER MAJESTY'S WAR DEPARTMENT' stamp to tail, walnut half-stock, brass heel-plate and trigger-guard, iron saddle-bar and barrel-band, no provision for clearing rod or bayonet
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Estimate £400-600
(USD 518-777)
(EUR 444-666)
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Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament