Product Details
A RARE 10mm PERCUSSION UNSIGNED SWING-BREECH GALLERY RIFLE, MODEL 'BERENGER'S PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1835, with octagonal damascus 27 1/2in. micro-rifled barrel, white-metal fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, border and scroll engraved action body, angled top to breech and radiused under-side, the central section with circular horizontally rotating breech block operated via a locking swing lever mounted below, the breech accepting a special cap and ball and marked on the top-flat 'IMPROVED CAP RIFLE', borderline and scroll engraved long top-tang, concealed boxlock action with exposed dummy hammer acting as the cocking lever, heavily refinished chequered walnut straight-hand butt-stock, iron heel-plate, engraved trigger-guard bow and walnut fore-end, action frosted and loss to engraved detail throughout
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Estimate £400-600