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A 16-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By John Manton & Sons, Dover Street, London, No. 10585 For 1829

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A 16-Bore Percussion Sporting Rifle
By John Manton & Sons, Dover Street, London, No. 10585 For 1829

With rebrowned twist octagonal leaf-sighted barrel (some surface rust patination) signed in script along the top flat at the breech and rifled with twelve grooves, foliate engraved case-hardened breech with pierced and engraved platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tang, border engraved flat detented lock with vertical projection, signed 'Jno. Manton & Son Patent', and engraved with foliage, dolphin hammer en suite and with blued safety-catch behind, highly figured half-stock (some bruising) with chequered grip, the butt flattened on the underside and with cheek-piece, blued steel mounts (some loss of finish) engraved with symmetrical designs of foliage and comprising butt-plate and serial numbered trigger-guard, the latter with scrolled tang, trigger-plate with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest, set trigger, horn fore-end cap, sling mounts, later ramrod, and some original finish, London proof marks
74.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Literature:
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, 1966, p. 109
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 59

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