Product Details
A .577 (SNIDER) BREECH-LOADING SERVICE-RIFLE SIGNED 'J. KERR', MODEL 'MK 3 VOLUNTEER THREE BAND', no visible serial number.
circa 1870, with 36 1/2in. London proofed steel barrel, block and blade front-sight, ladder rear-sight missing slider and top, with the improved Mk 3 positive locking action, top marked "LONDON ARMOURY", Enfield style lock struck with the crown V.R. cypher on the tail and signed "JAS. KERR & CO. 54 KING WILLIAM ST. E.C. L.A.C" in an oval, regulation brass mounted full walnut stock with chequered wrist and fore-end, complete with a replacement rod and later leather sling.
Provenance: James Kerr was the inventor of the famed Kerr revolver, and superintendent of the London Armoury Co. On the bankruptcy of the London Armoury Kerr took over the companys retail shop at King William St. from where this rifle was originally sold.
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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