Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2019 : Sale A1219 Lot 707
J. VENABLES & SON, OXFORD A .360 (No5) SINGLE-SHOT ROOK & RABBIT-RIFLE, MODEL TRANTERS PATENT, serial no. 188,

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J. VENABLES & SON, OXFORD
A .360 (No5) SINGLE-SHOT ROOK & RABBIT-RIFLE, MODEL 'TRANTER'S PATENT', serial no. 188,
circa 1900, with octagonal 25 1/2in. barrel, the top-flat signed behind the rear-sight 'J. VENABLES & SON, ST. ALDATES OXFORD', dove-tailed bead fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight with additional folding leaf, open borderline and scroll engraved iron frame with central hammer and side-lever opening, walnut chequered pistol-grip butt-stock with iron heel-plate and horn pistolgrip cap, chequered walnut splinter fore-end and strong traces of finish

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Estimate £500-700

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament