Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2020 : Sale A0320 Lot 591
WHITWORTH RIFLE CO., MANCHESTER A CASED .451 (WHITWORTH) SINGLE-SHOT MILITARY MATCH RIFLE, serial no. B67,

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WHITWORTH RIFLE CO., MANCHESTER
A CASED .451 (WHITWORTH) SINGLE-SHOT MILITARY MATCH RIFLE, serial no. B67,
circa 1865, with expertly reblued 33in. barrel signed 'WHITWORTH PATENT' at the breech (refreshed), dove-tailed block with threaded aperture for a windage tunnel fore-sight (absent), broad match ladder rear-sight, renewed colour to the breech block and hammer, traces of renewed colour to the lock and re-signed 'WHITWORTH', sliding safe forwards of the hammer, walnut full-stock chequered at the wrist and fore-end, renewed colour to the heel-plate, patchbox and trigger-guard, three blued barrel-bands and replacement ramrod, complete with an expertly reproduced oak storage case compartmented for this rifle and a reproduction Whitworth flask, a bullet mould calibrated to the rifle by Dyson and a tin of Whitworth style wads

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Estimate £1,800-2,200