Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2019 : Sale A0319 Lot 614
AN 8x48R (SAUER) SINGLE-SHOT STUTZEN CARBINE, UNSIGNED, MODEL WERDER PATENT, no visible serial number,

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AN 8x48R (SAUER) SINGLE-SHOT STUTZEN CARBINE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'WERDER PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1870, with octagonal 23 1/4in. barrel, ramp fore-sight with dove-tailed blade, graduated ramp rear-sight with sliding standing notch, short action with automatic load ramp opened by a guarded front trigger and cocked via a large thumb-lever, the top of receiver with dot-punched border and stipple engraving, walnut full-stock with raised cheek-piece, chequered wrist (worn smooth) and sliding wooden lidded patch-box, iron furniture, iron tipped wood clearing rod and stirrup swivels

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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