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W. SOPER, READING
A .45 (SOPER) SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING INFANTRY-RIFLE, serial no. 551,
circa 1870, with 33in. barrel signed 'W. SOPER, RIFLE & GUN MAKER, READING, ENGLAND', block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, the breech of barrel marked 'METFORD'S PATENT 1042' and the serial number, automatic opening breech-block marked 'W. SOPER'S PATENT' operated by a thumb-lever on the right hand side of action, central exposed hammer, chequered walnut full-stock, iron furniture, under-barrel clearing rod and bayonet lug on the front barrel-band, much of the exposed iron surfaces cleaned with shallow pitting
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Estimate £1,500-2,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament