Fine Modern & Antique Arms - September 2021 : Sale A0921 Lot 526
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., BIRMINGHAM A .451 (WHITWORTH) CAPPING BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL PORTUGUESE MONKEYTAIL, serial no. P6649,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., BIRMINGHAM
A .451 (WHITWORTH) CAPPING BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, MODEL 'PORTUGUESE MONKEYTAIL', serial no. P6649,
dated for 1867, with sighted 33in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, adjustable ladder rear-sight, marked forwards of rear-sight 'WHITWORTH PATENT', the squared-off nocksform marked '70 GRAINS', lifting breech-block with extended tang signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT' together with the 'triangle' trademark, flat, plain military style lock signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO', the date '1867' within a triangle at the tail, plain hammer, plain military-style full-stock, brass butt-plate and trigger-guard, iron barrel-band with bayonet lug, brass nose-cap and original iron clearing rod



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Estimate £700-900