Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2016 : Sale A0316 Lot 941
GEORGE GIBBS, BRISTOL A .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL MARTINI-HENRY, serial no. 4909/12807,
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GEORGE GIBBS, BRISTOL
A .577-450 (M/H) SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'MARTINI-HENRY', serial no. 4909/12807,
circa 1880, with 33in blued barrel signed 'GEORGE GIBBS, 29 CORN STREET BRISTOL', block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, plain slab-sided receiver marked 'MARTINI'S PATENT' and numbered '12807', plain walnut butt-stock and three-quarter fore-end, iron furniture and iron clearing rod, strong amount of original finish remaining, with an auxilliary brass fore-sight protector from a .577 Snider
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Estimate £350-500