Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 732
A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED CHAS. OSBOURNE & Co., serial no. 2,

Product Details

A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE SIGNED CHAS. OSBOURNE & Co., serial no. 2,
circa 1875, with round 27 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating rear-sight, the top of barrel stamped 'CHAS. OSBOURNE & CO., LONDON', plain receiver with borderline and scroll engraved flip-open breech and marked 'SNIDER'S PATENT', borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, borderline and scroll engraved bar-action unsigned lock, chequered walnut half-stock with iron shotgun heel-plate, guarded trigger and moulded iron tip to the fore-end, brass tipped under-barrel clearing rod and eyelets for sling, fitted with a chained pin protector



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Estimate £400-600

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