Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2021 : Sale A1221 Lot 794
A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE SPURIOUSLY SIGNED RIGBY, MODEL SNIDER ARTILLERY CARBINE, serial no. 175,

Product Details

A .577 (SNIDER) SINGLE-SHOT CARBINE SPURIOUSLY SIGNED RIGBY, MODEL 'SNIDER ARTILLERY CARBINE', serial no. 175,
circa 1870, with brushed bright 21 1/2in. barrel with later signature 'JOHN RIGBY LONDON' to the top centre, block and blade fore-sight, small ladder rear-sight (range markings lost), swing open breech marked 'SNIDER'S PATENT', re-engraved bar action lock marked 'JOHN RIGBY 1860' together with a 'V.R.' crown device and the Rigby back-to-back 'R' trademark, walnut three-quarter stock (inlet repairs around lock), brass furniture, the heel-plate spur marked '22 B.R.A..' over '6 B', the heel itself marked '58', transverse serial number to lower tang, two iron barrel-bands and re-formed jag-ended clearing rod



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Estimate £300-500

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