Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2024 : Sale A0724 Lot 721
A 12.7mm (RIMFIRE) SWEDISH CONTRACT MODEL 1868 ROLLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, serial no. 16537,

Product Details

* A 12.7mm (RIMFIRE) SWEDISH CONTRACT MODEL 1868 ROLLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, serial no. 16537,
circa 1870, with blued round 37 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, Carl Gustav barrel-maker's mark at breech, colour hardened rolling-block action with central hammer, the top-tang with Remington's address and patents to 1866, walnut butt-stock with carbine style heel-plate, full-length fore-end with three iron barrel-bands and jag-ended iron clearing rod, much finish remaining

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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament