Fine Modern & Antique Arms - June 2021 : Sale A0621 Lot 755
WATSON BROS, LONDON A .360 (No.5) SINGLE-SHOT ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE, MODEL THE ECLIPSE, serial no. 4193,

Product Details

WATSON BROS, LONDON
A .360 (No.5) SINGLE-SHOT ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE, MODEL 'THE ECLIPSE', serial no. 4193,
built on Comblain's patent circa 1885, with blued round 28in. barrel, flat matted sighting plain with dove-tailed fore-sight and dove-tail for rear-sight (sight absent), the sighting plane signed near breech 'WATSON BROS 4 PALL MALL, LONDON', side of breech marked 'HENRY'S RIFLING', slab-sided falling block action, the left face engraved 'THE ECLIPSE' (traces of colour), central exposed hammer, straight angled trigger, the trigger-guard bow forming the opening lever, chequered pistol-grip walnut butt-stock with roll engraved iron heel-plate and gadrooned horn grip-cap, chequered walnut splinter fore-end and rounded horn tip, overall length 43 1/4in., weight approximately 5lbs.



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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