Product Details
WESTLEY RICHARDS 12-BORE 1864 PATENT SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 4022, pre 1875, 30in. nitro reproved damascus barrels (in 2018, finish struck off), rib engraved 'PATENT. WESTLEY RICHARDS. 170. NEW BOND ST. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, incorporating Westley Richards improved single-bite toplever snap-action, patent no. 2623 of 22nd October 1864, carved teardrop fences, removable striker bars, rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers of pinfire form, bar-in-wood, the fore-end meeting at the knuckle in a crab joint, border engraving, the triggerguard with some acanthus scrollwork, retaining traces of colour-hardening, 14 1/8in. stock including steel buttplate, broad unchequered fore-end with ornate horn finial, weight 7lb. 2oz.
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Estimate £400-600
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act