Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 724
A .34 NEEDLE-FIRE GALLERY RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 1835 DREYSE PATENT, serial no. 7945,

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A .34 NEEDLE-FIRE GALLERY RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL '1835 DREYSE PATENT', serial no. 7945,
Continental circa 1850, with octagonal 19in. 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 under the lever marked 'CAL 0,34' and '6 GRAN PULV', walnut half-stock with chequered straight-hand wrist, raised angular cheek-piece and schnabel fore-end, iron furniture, strong traces 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