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An Unusual 120-Bore Percussion Target Rifle With American Kentucky Rifle StockThe Lock By James Purdey Of London, Mid-19th Century
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The Lock By James Purdey Of London, Mid-19th Century
The Lock By James Purdey Of London, Mid-19th Century
89 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The badge and motto are those of the Baron's Vernon. Augustus Venables-Vernon, 6th Baron Vernon (1829-1883), for whom this and the following two lots were almost certainly built, was born in Rome and educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was Captain in the Scots Fusilier guards, and was later a President of the Royal Agricultural Society. On the creation of the National Rifle Association at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street, on 16 November 1859, Lord Vernon was voted one of the twelve Vice-Presidents. He took part in the first Lords and Commons rifle match held on Wimbledon Common on 5 July 1862. The match consisted of eleven members per team, shot with 'any rifle' at 200 and 500 yards, seven shots per distance. Lord Vernon was on the winning Lords team, with an overall score of 411 to 349. See Susie Cornfield, The Queen's Prize, 1987








