Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2020 : Sale A1220 Lot 799
A CASED .577 (SNIDER) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER-RIFLE SIGNED G. ROBERTS & CO., no visible serial number,

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A CASED .577 (SNIDER) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER-RIFLE SIGNED G. ROBERTS & CO., no visible serial number,
circa 1875, with 27 7/8in. damascus browned barrels, flat matted top-rib signed in a panel 'G. ROBERTS & CO.', dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, engraved bands at breech, shallow carved and moulded percussion fences with engraved long top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action locks with non-rebounding hammers, chequered walnut butt-stock with iron furniture including a pistol-grip chequered lower tang, scroll engraved rounded body with Jones type swing under-lever and chequered walnut splinter fore-end with cross-bolt fixing, together with a later leather covered storage case relined and compartmented for this rifle in green baize

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Estimate £2,000-3,000

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