Product Details
* J. RIGBY & CO.
A .500 / .450 (3 1/2IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS 1879 PATENT ROTARY-UNDERLEVER DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 15929,
for 1890, 26in. black powder only Rigby trade marked barrels, broad raised file cut rib engraved in script 'JOHN RIGBY & CO. LONDON & DUBLIN (heavily rubbed), open sights with three folding leaf sights, matted fronts with white metal inlaid sight lines and marked for 50, 100, 150 and 250 yds, consistent external heavy surface corrosion under reblue, proportional treble-grip action, action number 2084 with Rigby & Bissell patent rising third bite, patent no. 1141 of 1879, use number 402, removable striker bar, carved percussion fences, nipples lettered 'L' and 'R', rebounding back-action locks with sliding safety bolts and dolphin hammers, chequered front trigger, best border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening (likely original), 14 1/8in. figured pistolgrip stock with engraved steel sling button, horn pistolgrip-cap, chequered steel buttplate, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 9lb. 3oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed on 23rd August 1890 for a Capt. Oswald, action number 2084, double grip, vertical bolt, best, hammers, made in the London workshops
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament