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A Rare .577 Green Bros. Patent Bolt-Action Percussion CarbineBy E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford St., London, No. 14763, Circa 1855
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,125 inc. premium
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A Rare .577 Green Bros. Patent Bolt-Action Percussion Carbine
By E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford St., London, No. 14763, Circa 1855
By E.M. Reilly & Co., Oxford St., London, No. 14763, Circa 1855
With sighted barrel rifled with five grooves, retained by two barrel bands and signed in full at the breech, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, breech-flat stamped 'Green Bros Patent', sliding breech-block engraved 'Green Bro.s Patent No. 177' and with downbent knurled lever at the rear, signed flat lock, figured three-quarter stock (minor bruising), regulation steel mounts, steel saddle-bar and ring, sling mounts, and original steel ramrod (some rust patination and pitting), London proof marks
61 cm. barrel
61 cm. barrel
Footnotes
C.E. and J. Green were granted British Patent No. 2002 of 12 July 1862 for 'Breech actions, sliding breech-block'
Edward Michael Reilly is recorded at 502 Oxford Street between 1848 and 1860








