Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2017 : Sale A0617 Lot 521
TOWER A .577 PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1853', no visible serial number,

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A .577 PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1853', no visible serial number,
dated for 1863, with 38 1/2in. re-blued barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, sold out of service marks at breech, borderline engraved plain lock signed and dated forwards of the hammer with crown over 'V.R.' device to the tail, walnut three-quarter stock with brass furniture, the heel-plate spur spuriously stamped 'V' over 'LCS' over '40' over '553', three iron barrel-bands and jag-ended iron ramrod

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Estimate £500-700