Product Details
W. RICHARDS, LIVERPOOL
A .410 (SMOOTHBORED) TOPLEVER HAMMERLESS ROOK RIFLE, serial no. 9012,
28in. smoothbored ovoid barrel with faceted breech-end, matted top flat, the adjacent flats engraved 'W. RICHARDS.' and '27 OLDHALL ST. LIVERPOOL.', dove-tailed bear fore-sight, dove-tailed standing notch rear sight with additional folding leaf, marked for 50 & 100 yards and with white metal inlaid sight-lines, 2 1/2in. chamber, bored approx. true cyl., scoop-backed action with carved fences, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, non-selective ejector, border and acanthus scroll engraving, retaining traces of colour-hardening and finish, 13 3/4in. figured pistolgrip stock with steel pistolgrip-cap and horn buttplate, splinter fore-end with horn finial, weight 5lb. 13oz., in its makers brass-cornered leather case
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act