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Lot 457

A Very Rare 60-Bore Bentley's Patent Percussion Sporting Rifle
Signed Bentley's Patent, Liverpool, No. 38, Circa 1845

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare 60-Bore Bentley's Patent Percussion Sporting Rifle
Signed Bentley's Patent, Liverpool, No. 38, Circa 1845

With rebrowned twist polygroove rifled sighted barrel (under-rib resoldered, aperture for sling mount filled) indistinctly engraved 'Liverpool' at the breech, foliate engraved breech with parallel mounted nipple, foliate scroll engraved tang with circular serial numbered silver medallion embossed 'Bentley's Patent' above the royal arms, and with long extension over the grip engraved with guilloche, border engraved detented back-action lock inscribed 'Bentley's Patent' and decorated with foliate scrollwork, characteristic hammer and blued mounts en suite, the latter comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard serial numbered on the scroll, figured half-stock (some bruising) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with white-metal cap, set trigger, and original steel ramrod with brass knob-shaped tip (some rust patination)
61.1 cm. barrel

Footnotes

This rifle incorporates Bentley's English Patent No. 10,280 of 30 July 1844 for 'nipples mounted parallel with the bore of guns'

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