Product Details
G.E. LEWIS, BIRMINGHAM
A .500 (B/P) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER-RIFLE, serial no. 8019,
circa 1875, with reblued probably damascus 28 3/4in. barrels, flat top-rib signed in a panel 'G.E LEWIS EXPRESS RIFLE, 32 & 33 LOWER LOVEDAY ST BIRMINGHAM No. 2100', dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with two additional folding leaves bisecting the address panel, engraved bands at breech, shallow carved and moulded percussion fences with engraved long top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed 'G.E. LEWIS' with non-rebounding hammers, chequered walnut butt-stock with iron furniture including a pistol-grip chequered lower tang, scroll engraved rounded body with Jones type swing under-lever (the barrel flats numbered '8019') and chequered walnut splinter fore-end with cross-bolt fixing, refinished throughout
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Estimate £1,200-1,600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament