Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2020 : Sale A1220 Lot 502
RICHARDSON & OVERMAN, USA A .50 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL GALLAGERS PATENT, serial no. 10311,
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RICHARDSON & OVERMAN, USA
A .50 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING CARBINE, MODEL 'GALLAGER'S PATENT', serial no. 10311,
circa 1862, with 22in. slide and tilt barrel (fore-sight absent), cast receiver with under-lever opening, back-action lock marked 'MANUFACT'D BY RICHARDSON & OVERMAN PHILAD.A' and 'GALLAGER'S PATENT JULY 17TH 1860', walnut straight-hand stock with hinged iron patchbox-cover containing a spare nipple and fitted with a long saddle-bar with ring to left hand side, iron surfaces darkly stained but some finish present.
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Estimate £700-900