Main Sale - March 2013 : Sale A1070 Lot 908
W. W. GREENER A .577-450 SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL FIELDS PATENT, serial no. 42355,

Product Details

* W. W. GREENER
A .577-450 SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING RIFLE, MODEL 'FIELD'S PATENT', serial no. 42355,
dated for 1877, with 29 3/4in. round, tapering barrel, flat matted sighting plane with inlet long bead fore-sight, short 'Africa' pattern rear-sight with additional ladder, the side of the breech inscribed 'TAKES THE .577/.450 CARTRIDGE', machine engraved blued receiver, the left hand side stamped 'FIELD'S PATENT No 1927, 1877', the right hand side engraved in a zig-zagging banner 'W. W. GREENER, 68 HAYMARKET, LONDON', curved cocking lever and falling-block action with central hammer, figured walnut finely chequered capped pistol-grip butt-stock, machine engraved iron heel-plate, chequered splinter fore-end with horn nose-cap, provision for sling and retaining its sliding leather sight protectors, good traces of finish

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Estimate £800-1,200