Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 936
JOSh. LANG & SON A .360 SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMER ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 4007,

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JOSh. LANG & SON
A .360 SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMER ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 4007,
28in. octagonal barrel with matt sighting flat, bead fore-sight and rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves calibrated for 60 and 100 yards, each with gold-inlaid centre-lines, the top planes engraved 'J. LANG & SONS. 22. COCKSPUR STREET. LONDON.', Jones-patent rotary underlever, non-rebounding back-action curved lock, fine border and scroll engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/4in. pistolgrip stock with engraved steel pistolgrip cap, the stock with a circular escutcheon bearing 'D' surmounted by the coronet of a Viscount, the fore-end with cross-pin release and horn finial

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1870

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Estimate £600-800