Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 709
A .34 NEEDLE-FIRE GALLERY-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 1835 DREYSE PATENT, serial no. 3186,

Product Details

* A .34 NEEDLE-FIRE GALLERY-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL '1835 DREYSE PATENT', serial no. 3186,
Continental circa 1850, with octagonal 14 3/4in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, dove-tailed adjustable rear-sight, large rotary tap with long lever mounted to the right hand side, push-button bolt release, the side of the action marked 'CAL O:,34', walnut half-stock with chequered straight-hand wrist, raised angular cheek-piece and schnabel fore-end, iron furniture, traces only of finish

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Estimate £400-600

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