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J. NEEDHAM, LONDON
A VERY RARE .577 NEEDLEFIRE SADDLE-CARBINE, serial no. 954,
possibly built for trials circa 1860, with tapering round twist-steel 18 1/2in. barrel, small blade fore-sight, block rear-sight of a standing notch with two additional folding leaves, top-mounted Needham patent bolt with butter-knife handle and marked 'NEEDHAM'S PATENT 954' below the top-mounted safe, slender walnut half-stock with iron saddle-bar and heel-plate, spurred brass trigger-guard tang
Provenance: this rare, possibly unique carbine is built with Needhams conventional needlefire bolt but mounted for top loading. A service musket on a similar principal, serial no. 854, is shown in Blackmore's book 'British Military Firearms', page 224
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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