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* WESTLEY RICHARDS FOR I. HOLLIS, LONDON
A .450 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL 'MONKEYTAIL', no visible serial no.
circa 1875, with 30in. barrel, raised and matted sighting rib with gilt inlaid scale to twenty inches and fitted with a dove-tailed tunnel fore-sight, full 'African' eight-leaf rear-sight, the breech end with commercial proofs and signed 'I. HOLLIS & SONS, LONDON', scroll engraved flip-up breech-block, brushed bright border and scroll engraved bar-action lock signed 'I. HOLLIS & SONS', chequered walnut pistol-grip half-stock (working repair alongside top-tang), scroll engraved patch-box in butt containing cleaning utensils, iron heel-plate, horn grip-cap, blued iron trigger-guard bow and tang, single barrel-key and horn nose-cap, provision for an under-barrel clearing rod (missing), metalwork refinished
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Estimate £500-700