Product Details
A .577/.500 (No.2 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) 1871 PATENT DOUBLE-BARRELLED TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, serial no. 12753,
for 1875, 28in. damascus barrels with sunken rib engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS. 170 NEW BOND ST. LONDON. HENRY'S PATENT RIFLING.', short sighting flat engraved 'EXPRESS PATENT FOR No.2 CASE', block-mounted rear open-sights with two folding leaves, block-mounted blade fore-sight, incorporating Westley Richards improved toplever snap-action, patent no. 1572 of 14th June 1871, use number 2756, removable striker bars, non-rebounding locks with bolted dolphin hammers, bar-in-wood, the fore-end meeting at the knuckle in a crab joint, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, the triggerguard with a prowling lion in a savannah setting, retaining some renewed colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/4in. figured pistolgrip stock with broad flat-top chequering, partially-engraved steel pistolgrip cap, cheekpiece, partially-engraved steel buttplate, the whole expertly refinished
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1875 for Lord E.H. Howard
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Estimate £4,000-6,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament