Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 529
A .450 PERCUSSION PENNSYLVANIAN STYLE RIFLE SIGNED B&S, NEW YORK, no visible serial number,

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A .450 PERCUSSION PENNSYLVANIAN STYLE RIFLE SIGNED B&S, NEW YORK, no visible serial number,
circa 1840, with heavy 37 3/4in. octagonal barrel, the top-flat stamped 'B&S NEW YORK', nickel dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, scroll engraving and twin white-metal bands at breech, long scroll engraved top-tang, unsigned border and scroll engraved back-action lock with dolphin headed hammer, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, the raised cheek-piece inlet with a white-metal depiction of a squirrel, white-metal furniture including crescent heel-plate with pierced toe-plate, complex patch-box to right hand side, spurred and scrolled trigger guard and nose-cap and ramrod throat, double set triggers and plain ramrod thimbles (one detached but present) and brass mounted wood ramrod



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Estimate £500-700