Product Details
ALEX. HENRY
A FINE .22 HORNET 'BEST QUALITY' 1865 PATENT MINIATURE EXPRESS FALLING-BLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 4757,
25 1/4in. replacement nitro barrel engraved 'ALEX. HENRY EDINBURGH & LONDON' and with the calibre designation, block-mounted open sights with two folding leaf sights, block-mounted blade fore-sight, action use number 1695, back-action lock with bolted hammer (replacement screw), fine acanthus scroll engraving, traces of colour-hardening, 14 1/2in. replacement highly-figured pistolgrip stock with slim cheekpiece, pistolgrip-cap, engraved steel heel and toe plates, bolstered replacement fore-end wood, weight 5lb. 11oz.
Provenance: The makers records list rifle no. 4757, action use number 1695 as being made as a .360 rook rifle, completed on the 7th September 1882
Other Notes: The gunmaking business of John Dickson and Son was founded in Edinburgh in 1820, making it Scotland's oldest gunmaker and celebrating 200 years of fine Scottish gunmaking in 2020. Over the years, the company has grown to incorporate some of the finest Scottish gunmaking names into one gun making business - James MacNaughton and Sons, Alexander Henry, Daniel Fraser, Alex Martin and Mortimer and Son.
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Estimate £2,000-2,500
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act