Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 1218
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. A 12-BORE / .375 FLANGED MAGNUM BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR CAPE RIFLE, serial no. T8431,

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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO.
A 12-BORE / .375 FLANGED MAGNUM BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR CAPE RIFLE, serial no. T8431,
29 3/4in. nitro reproved barrels (in 2018, partially struck off) with matt rib, leaf sights for 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards with white metal inlaid sight lines, ramp-mounted bead foresight, the tubes engraved 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. BIRMINGHAM. SPECIAL STEEL' and 'FOR W.R. .375 RIMLESS CARTRIDGE', rifle chamber converted for the magnum round, shot barrel with 2 1/2in. chamber, bored approx. 1/2 choke, Westley Richards treble-grip action with patent toplever, removable striker bars, manual safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining much renewed colour-hardening and finish, 15 1/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock with recessed chequered side panels, slight sweep to the right hand side, broken though and repaired at hand, sling swivels and including 3/4in. rubber recoil pad, weight 9lb. 6oz.

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Estimate £1,000-1,500

S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act