Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 606
R. HUGHES & SONS, BIRMINGHAM A 577-.450 (M/H) SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL MARTINI-ACTION, serial no. 36091,

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* R. HUGHES & SONS, BIRMINGHAM
A 577-.450 (M/H) SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'MARTINI-ACTION', serial no. 36091,
circa 1900, with re-blued 30 1/4in. barrel, full-length raised matted sighting rib signed 'ROBERT HUGHES & SONS BIRMINGHAM' with dove-tailed folding globe fore-sight, ladder rear-sight with additional fixed standing notch and twin folding leaves, border engraved slab-sided action signed in a banner on both sides 'HUGHES', walnut butt-stock with chequered pistol-grip and iron butt-plate with central trapdoor, chequered walnut splinter fore-end and eyelets for sling

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Estimate £500-700

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament