Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 1117
SHILOH RIFLE CO, USA A .45-120 (3 1/4in. B/P EXP.) SINGLE-SHOT MATCH-RIFLE, MODEL 1874 SHARPS, serial no. B6797,

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SHILOH RIFLE CO, USA
A .45-120 (3 1/4in. B/P EXP.) SINGLE-SHOT MATCH-RIFLE, MODEL '1874 SHARPS', serial no. B6797,
recent manufacture, with heavy 33 3/4in. octagonal matt-finished barrel, tunnel fore-sight, no provision for rear-sight, the top-flat marked 'SHILOH SHARPS MOD 1874' and 'CALIBRE .45 3 1/4', Hartford collar to breech-end, colour-hardened falling block action signed on the left hand side 'SHILOH SHARPS RIFLE MFG CO, BIG TIMBER, MONTANA', long-range flip-up vernier peep sight to wrist, chequered walnut pistol-grip butt-stock with raised cheek-piece, chequered plastic heel-plate, chequered lower tang, colour-hardened under-lever forming the trigger-guard, double set triggers and smooth walnut splinter fore-end with complex inlet rounded pewter tip, the whole appearing little used

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Estimate £1,000-1,500

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act