Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 545
A GOOD .451 ENFIELD / WHITWORTH PATTERN 1863 THREE BAND PERCUSSION TRIALS RIFLE, no visible serial number, complete with bayonet,

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A GOOD .451 ENFIELD / WHITWORTH PATTERN 1863 THREE BAND PERCUSSION TRIALS RIFLE, no visible serial number, complete with bayonet,
32 1/2in. barrel rifled with Whitworth patent hexagonal rifling, (muzzle recrowned), block and blade front-sight, ladder rear-sight the sighting bar marked 'H' and 'C' and the ladder sides graduated on one side for hexagonal and the other for conical projectiles, the lock bearing the Crown V.R. cypher on the tail and '1863 ENFIELD' to the centre, iron-mounted figured full walnut stock the butt impressed with the Enfield 1st class roundel and also the roundel of Robert Hughes of the Universal Firearms Co, three barrel bands the top band with its special circular bayonet lug unique to the Enfield / Whitworth, sling swivels, rod a replacement, complete with its rare yataghan sword bayonet, the blade and grip fully Enfield marked and bearing the Crown V.R. cypher with its correct iron mounted black leather scabbard, the bayonet in very good condition



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Estimate £1,500-2,000