Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 506
A 10-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE SIGNED TOWER, serial no. 525,

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A 10-BORE PERCUSSION SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE SIGNED 'TOWER', serial no. 525,
converted from flintlock circa 1835, with shortened 22 3/4in. round barrel, serially numbered at the breech together with the numbers '263' and '107', border-lined 'banana' lock with traces of a 'GR' cypher overstamped with a small 'CA' monogram, serial number and 'TOWER' to the tail, hinged 'cap-lock' safety forwards of the nipple, military-style walnut full-stock (cracked and repaired behind lock) with brass furniture, woodwork also serial numbered behind serpentine side-plate and modified iron ramrod (iron surfaces darkly stained)
Estimate £300-500