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Lot 220

An 80-Bore Breech-Loading Air Gun And Rifle
Unsigned But Probably By Thomas Conway Of Manchester, Circa 1830

24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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An 80-Bore Breech-Loading Air Gun And Rifle
Unsigned But Probably By Thomas Conway Of Manchester, Circa 1830

With rebrowned two-stage turn-off twist sighted polygroove rifled barrel threaded at the octagonal breech, foliate scroll engraved action with engraved sprung cocking-lever working against an external spring (probably replaced) on the left side, sprung external trigger, and circular loading aperture with transversal breech-block operated by a sprung tap on the right side, foliate scroll engraved trigger-guard, and associated leather-covered butt reservoir; together with its sighted smooth-bore barrel en suite, an iron bullet mould and modern pump (4)
68.5 cm. and 68.8 cm. barrels

Footnotes

For a similar example in the Frank Furniss Collection see Arne Hoff, Air Guns And Other Pneumatic Arms, 1972, pp. 75-76, pl. 82

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