Product Details
A .360 NEEDLEFIRE SINGLE-SHOT SCREW-BREECH ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
circa 1860 and similar to a Rigby type (q.v.) but probably Belgian, with 26in. octagonal barrel, London import proofs, dove-tailed bead fore-sight, rear-sight of one standing and one folding leaf, octagonal breech, scroll engraved action (engraving worn), unmarked screw-breech, central hammer with later needle, butter-knife bolt-handle with chequered face on one side, figured walnut straight-hand butt-stock with chequered wrist and relief shell carving at head, no provision for fore-end, darkly stained and frosted with minimal traces of finish
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Estimate £400-600
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament