Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 505
A .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL PATTERN 1853,
Product Details
A .577 PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT SERVICE RIFLE, MODEL 'PATTERN 1853',
dated for 1856, with 39in. blued barrel, block and blade front-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, plain border-lined lock marked with a crown over the letters 'VR' together with 'TOWER' and '1856', plain walnut military style full-stock with brass furniture (heel-plate numbered 224), three iron barrel-bands, replacement ramrod (wood lightly distressed, the remainder in good order with much original finish)
Estimate £300-500