Product Details
J. RIGBY & CO.
A .250 (ROOK) TOPLEVER SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 42735,
circa 1887, 26in. black powder only octagonal barrel with file cut top, open sights with two folding leaf sights with white metal sight lines and marked for 50, 100 and 150 yards, bead fore-sight, the left side with 'J. RIGBY & CO.' and '.250', the right side with '72. ST. JAMES'S ST. LONDON & DUBLIN', rounded bar action with teardrop fences, manual side safety (at fault) with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, non-selective ejector, acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 14 3/4in. well-figured pistolgrip stock with engraved steel pistolgrip-cap and steel buttplate, Hackett snap fore-end with horn finial, weight 5lbs. 2oz.
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Estimate £700-900
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament