Product Details
A .50 (RIMFIRE) PEABODY'S PATENT SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, no visible serial number,
circa 1866, with 33in. blued barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, the action marked 'PEABODY'S PAT., JULY. 22. 1862' on the left and 'MAN'F'D BY PROVIDENCE TOOL CO. PROV. R.I.' on the right side, plain back-action lock, walnut three-quarter stock, iron mounts including two sprung barrel-bands, iron sling mounts, iron under-barrel cleaning rod, traces of probable original finish remaining
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Estimate £300-500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament