Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 510
A 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVING RIFLE WITH BENTLEYS PATENT SCREW RAMMER, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,

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A 54-BORE PERCUSSION TRIGGER-COCKING REVOLVING RIFLE WITH BENTLEY'S PATENT SCREW RAMMER, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
circa 1855, with octagonal 27 3/4in. barrel, small blade fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, under-barrel screw rammer conforming to Joseph Bentley's patent no. 768 of 1854, borderline engraved open iron frame with scroll engraved panels to each side, nickel-silver hammer cover extending to form top-strap, five shot plain cylinder rotated via the front trigger, walnut straight hand butt-stock with engraved iron tangs and long spurred heel-plate, flat-faced trigger-guard bow, twin triggers, the rear firing and the front pushing forwards to cock and no provision for fore-end

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Estimate £1,200-1,600