Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2016 : Sale A0316 Lot 503
A CASED 50-BORE PERCUSSION PARK-RIFLE SIGNED W. POWELL, no visible serial number,

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A CASED 50-BORE PERCUSSION PARK-RIFLE SIGNED W. POWELL, no visible serial number,
circa 1850, with browned octagonal multi-groove rifled 30in. barrel, the top-flat signed 'W. POWELL', bead fore-sight, standing notch dove-tailed rear-sight with additional folding leaf, scroll engraved colour hardened breech-block with single platinum line, long borderline and scroll engraved top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action lock signed 'W. POWELL', en-suite dolphin-headed hammer, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron furniture retaining a good amount of original blued finish, nickel-silver fore-end tip and barrel-key escutcheons (missing fore-end barrel-loop and ramrod); COMPLETE WITH its original mahogany case, lined and compartmented in red velvet and containing a period loading mallet, scissors ball-mould, bag-shaped powder flask and cap-tin.

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Estimate £400-600