Product Details
NOWOTNY, PRAGUE
A .380 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS (.360 2 1/4in.) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE, serial no 5026,
circa 1880, with blued 24 5/8in. side-by-side barrels, the flat raised top-rib signed in script 'J NOWOTNY HOFBUCHSENMACHER IN PRAG', dove-tailed blade fore-sight with auxiliary pop-up bead, adjustable notch ramp-rear-sight with additional folding leaf, scroll engraved rounded action-body, the engraving extending forwards onto breech-ends and rib of barrel, engraved flip-up flush fitting peep-sight mounted into the top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed in banners 'J. NOWOTNY' on the left and 'A PRAGUE' on right, engraved dolphin-headed hammers, chequered walnut butt-stock with raised cheek-piece, iron heel-plate with central cartridge trap and moulded and carved horn tang-cover, single set triggers for both barrels, the trigger guard bow engraved with scrolls around a central panel inlaid with a gold crown over 'A', chequered walnut splinter fore-end with forward-facing chequered horn swing under-lever, cross-key barrel fastener and iron sling swivels
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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