Product Details
G. ARMSTRONG, CRADOCK
A RARE .577-450 (M/H) LONG-BARRELLED SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'SWINBURN PATENT', serial no. 836,
circa 1880, with full length 33in. barrel with broad applied matted top-rib, adjustable fore-sight, seven folding leaf rear-sight (one leaf absent), the top-flat behind rear-sight signed in gold 'GEORGE ARMSTRONG, CRADOCK, No. 836', scroll engraved Martini-style action with long external cocking-lever mounted on the right hand side, chequered walnut butt-stock (old cracks at wrist) with iron patch-box to the right hand side and iron heel-plate, short under-lever, walnut chequered splinter fore-end and under-barrel rib with repaired clearing-rod (finish badly worn with shallow pitting and loss to detail)
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Estimate £300-500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament