Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2019 : Sale A0619 Lot 534
ENFIELD A .450 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL R. HUGHES PATENT, no visible serial number,

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ENFIELD
A .450 (WHITWORTH) PERCUSSION CARBINE, MODEL 'R. HUGHES PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1865, with 26in. barrel marked 'WHITWORTH RIFLING, 450 BORE', block and blade fore-sight, ladder rear-sight with elevator, squared-off raised breech-section, plain flat lock signed 'ENFIELD' beneath a Victoria crown at the tail and marked 'R. HUGHES PATENT' forwards of the hammer, military style wood three-quarter stock with brass furniture, fully chequered at the wrist and around the top-tang, the right hand side of butt stamped 'ROBT. HUGHES BIRMINGHAM' around 'UNIVERSAL FIRE ARMS WORKS', one iron barrel-band and brass-tipped iron ramrod, much finish remaining

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Estimate £300-500