Main Sale - March 2011 : Sale A1052 Lot 555
A 30-BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION RIFLED SINGLE-SHOT TARGET PISTOL, UNSIGNED,

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A 30-BORE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION RIFLED SINGLE-SHOT TARGET PISTOL, UNSIGNED,
circa 1860, with octagonal micro-grooved rifled steel 8in. barrel, blade fore-sight, notch rear-sight, scroll engraved tang, bar-action lock with leaf engraving to front and tail, hammer en-suite with lock, varnished walnut half-stock with chequered grip, scroll engraved steel 'winged' side-plate, flared butt with reeded edge, domed iron grip-cap, spurred trigger-guard, set trigger, shell carving to forend tip, no provision for ramrod, white-metal escutcheons to take-down wedge (iron surfaces stained, lateral split to left hand side of forend)
Estimate £200-300