Product Details
A .32 (C/F ROOK) SINGLE-SHOT TRANTER PATENT ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE SIGNED J. PURDEY, LONDON, serial no. 8742 / 36714,
for 1872, with octagonal 23 3/4in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'JA'S PURDEY, 314 1/2 OXFORD ST. LONDON', shallow dove-tailed blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, border and scroll engraving to breech-end, open iron border and scroll engraved action with central hammer, the left side marked 'TRANTER'S PATENT 36714', chequered straight hand walnut butt-stock with iron heel-plate, push-button barrel-lock and no provision for fore-end, strong traces of finish to action
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Estimate £700-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament