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Lot 435

A .451 Whitworth Patent Percussion Volunteer Match Prize Rifle
By Whitworth Rifle Company of Manchester, No. 979, Dated 1860

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A .451 Whitworth Patent Percussion Volunteer Match Prize Rifle
By Whitworth Rifle Company of Manchester, No. 979, Dated 1860

With reblued sighted barrel engraved 'Whitworth Patent' at the breech, retained by three barrel bands, recessed at the muzzle and rifled with six grooves, calibrated folding elevation adjustable back-sight with slender platinum lines, border engraved breech flat and tang, signed border engraved detented flat lock with Whitworth Company mark on the tail, border engraved hammer with safety-catch in front, figured full stock (some bruising) with chequered grip and fore-end, the former with mount for a long range sight behind the barrel tang, the butt with oval silver plaque on one side inscribed with the dated presentation description within a decorative border, border engraved steel mounts comprising hinged circular patch-box cover, butt-plate, trigger-guard, trigger-plate and fore-end cap, and sling loops (ramrod missing, some rust patination overall), Birmingham proof marks
81.3 cm. barrel

Footnotes

The presentation inscription reads: 'National Association Prize Rifle, Won By E. Burgh, 10th Compy Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer, Wimbledon, 3rd July, 1860.'

For a similar rifle (No. C828) sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms and Armour, 28 April 2008, lot 252

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