NEW LOT ADDED Published: 7 Mar 2025
Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2025 : Sale A0325 Lot 728
A .577 (SNIDER) TWO-BAND 'MK II** SNIDER' SHORT RIFLE SIGNED BSA CO., no visible serial number,

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A .577 (SNIDER) TWO-BAND 'MK II** SNIDER' SHORT RIFLE SIGNED BSA CO., no visible serial number,
dated for 1865, with 30 1/2in. ordnance proved barrel, flip open breech with solid thumb-piece, plain lock with date and signature, walnut full-stock, blued iron furniture including two barrel-bands and jag-ended clearing rod


Provenance: The vendor of this lot informs us that it was previously in the Small Arms School collection at Warminster where it was described as an 'experimental 5-groove sergeant's rifle with fast twist'



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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