Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2020 : Sale A0320 Lot 501
A 10.4mm PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, SIGNATURE OBSCURED, MODEL M1851, serial no. 1075,

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* A 10.4mm PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE-RIFLE, SIGNATURE OBSCURED, MODEL 'M1851', serial no. 1075,
Swiss, circa 1852, with round 33in. rifled barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight with screw lock, the top of barrel marked with the number and a Swiss Canton shield, plain elongated top-tang, plain hump-back lock possibly signed 'MENTELER ZUG', plain walnut full-stock with 'roman-nose' comb, heavy iron hooked butt-plate, re-inforced trigger-guard tang, double-set triggers, finger-spur to the trigger-guard bow, iron roll-tipped nose-cap, iron under-barrel ram-rod with captive sliding ball-guides, socket to the right hand side of muzzle for a bayonet (absent) and iron sling swivels, finish cleaned, one barrel key absent

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Estimate £400-600