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A RARE .45 (GARDNER) PULL-APART GARDNER REPEATING RIFLE, serial no. 1,
circa 1879, possibly a prototype, with blued 32in. barrel, block with dove-tail for fore-sight (absent), elevating ungraduated ladder rear-sight, blued semi slab-sided receiver with central manually cocked hammer, the action separating midway and the two halves being released by squeezing the trigger-guard at rear and allowing access to the internal tubular magazine or loading when apart, walnut butt-stock, full-length fore-end with horn schnabel tip, iron furniture including two barrel-bands, strong amount of original finish remaining
Provenance: This pattern of rifle was tested at Woolwich in December 1879 where it was submitted by William Gardner, inventor of the hand-operated Gardner Machine Gun. However, the rifle was actually patented by D.P. Holloway of Columbia, U.S.A., who was granted British Patent 2517 of June 1877. It utilised an eight-shot internal tubular magazine. It was not adopted
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Estimate £2,000-4,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament