Fine Modern & Antique Arms - June 2021 : Sale A0621 Lot 742
J.D. DOUGALL, GLASGOW A RARE .577 (SNIDER) RIFLE, MODEL BARDELLS & POWELLS PATENT SNIDER THREE-BAND, serial no. 14/26,

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J.D. DOUGALL, GLASGOW

A RARE .577 (SNIDER) RIFLE, MODEL 'BARDELL'S & POWELL'S PATENT SNIDER THREE-BAND', serial no. 14/26,
circa 1870, with blued 36 3/4in. barrel marked 'J.D. DOUGALL, GLASGOW', block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip-open breech-block marked 'SNIDER'S PATENT', commercial style chequered thumb-piece and also numbered 'Y.No 26', plain colour hardened bar-action lock with unusual elongated tail signed 'BARDELL'S & POWELL'S PATENT No.14', flat-faced rebounding hammer (of same patent), walnut full-stock with brass furniture except three iron barrel-bands and jag-ended clearing-rod



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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