Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 728
THOMAS TURNER, BIRMINGHAM A .577 (SNIDER) VOLUNTEER SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL SNIDER THREE-BAND, no visible serial number,
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THOMAS TURNER, BIRMINGHAM
A .577 (SNIDER) VOLUNTEER SERVICE-RIFLE, MODEL 'SNIDER THREE-BAND', no visible serial number,
circa 1875, with 36 1/2in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, elevating ladder rear-sight, flip-open breech with sprung catch, plain bar-action lock signed 'THOMAS TURNER, FISHER ST. BIRMINGHAM', walnut full-stock with brass furniture, three iron barrel-bands and an iron jag-ended clearing rod
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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