Product Details
ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO., USA
A RARE APPROXIMATELY 16-BORE PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING REVOLVING SHOTGUN, serial no. 568,
circa 1868, with blued 27in. barrel, 'doughnut' shaped screw-on choke at muzzle (frozen), bead fore-sight, rounded bulbous plain receiver, hinged dust-cover to the top signed 'ROPER REPEATING RIFLE CO, AMHERST, MASS, PATENTED APRIL 10. 1866' opening to reveal a self-tensioning four-shot rotary magazine, large external central hammer drawing back the bolt, iron action-body with plain top and bottom tangs, walnut butt-stock with iron shotgun heel-plate, guarded trigger and smooth splinter fore-end with white-metal engraved mount and end-cap, the whole an older refinish
Provenance: This shotgun was originally equipped with percussion ignited re-useable steel 'cartridges' which formed a gas-tight seal on firing. Sadly none have survived with this arm. For a deluxe example, see these rooms, Sale A1215, Lot 505
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Estimate £500-700