Fine Modern & Antique Arms - June 2021 : Sale A0621 Lot 744
A .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL TWO-BAND SNIDER, serial no. 141,

Product Details

A .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'TWO-BAND SNIDER', serial no. 141,
circa 1865, with blued 30 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip open breech with shaped solid thumb-piece, the block marked 'SNIDER'S PATENT', plain bar-action lock and hammer, walnut full-stock with brass furniture except two iron barrel-bands and jag-ended underbarrel clearing rod, overall length 49 1/4in., weight approximately 8 1/2lbs.



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Estimate £300-500

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