Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 511
G.W. BALES A .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1860 SHORT-RIFLE', no visible serial number,
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G.W. BALES
A .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1860 SHORT-RIFLE', no visible serial number,
circa 1869, with 5-groove rifled 33in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, borderline engraved lockplate signed 'G.W. BALES, IPSWICH & COLCHESTER' together with a Victorian crown cypher to tail, walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture, the underside of butt marked 'CHARLES OSBORNE', two barrel-bands and no provision for bayonet
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Estimate £300-500