Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 749
AN 11.5 (WERDER CARBINE) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL WERDERS PATENT, no visible serial number,

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AN 11.5 (WERDER CARBINE) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'WERDER'S PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1870, with octagonal 26in. barrel, ramp fore-sight with dove-tailed blade, graduated ramp rear-sight with sliding standing notch, short action with automatic load ramp opened by a guarded front trigger and cocked via a large thumb-lever, figured walnut half-stock with raised cheek-piece, chequered panels at wrist, iron furniture, under-rib with replacement iron clearing rod and broad swivels

Provenance: The cartridge for this rifle is also known as the '11x35R "Lightning" Pistol'

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Estimate £700-900

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