A .577 SNIDER MK II BREECH-LOADING SPORTING RIFLE BY ROBERT HUGHES, no visible serial number,
circa 1870, with 29in. barrel rifled with five grooves, bead front-sight and small ladder rearsight to 800 yards, the hinged breech block of Mk II type with some foliate decoration, borderline engraved bar action lock of sporting type, embellished with panels of foliate scroll work, slender sporting style hammer engraved to match, iron mounted figured walnut half stock with chequered wrist and fore-end, horn nose-cap, iron mounts, scroll trigger-guard, barrel and action with fading finish



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Estimate £500-700

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