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Lot 459

A Cased 11-Bore Tubelock Sporting Rifle
By Forsyth & Co., Patent Gunmakers, London, No. 2386 For Circa 1820

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Cased 11-Bore Tubelock Sporting Rifle
By Forsyth & Co., Patent Gunmakers, London, No. 2386 For Circa 1820

Converted from roller primer by J. Angier & Court, Calcutta, with russet twist octagonal leaf-sighted barrel signed at the breech and rifled with thirteen grooves, recessed patent breech with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate engraved tang, signed border engraved flat detented lock (mainspring replaced) decorated with foliage, safety-catch (hammer expertly replaced), and engraved tube-retained bearing on a spring roller, figured half-stock (butt with minor chip) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with silver cap, foliate engraved steel mounts comprising hinged rectangular patch-box cover, butt-plate, scroll trigger-guard, and trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial, vacant silver escutcheon, set trigger, sling mounts, and later brass-mounted ramrod (one ramrod-pipe and sling mount resoldered, some wear and rust patination): in relined and refitted brass-mounted mahogany case, the exterior of the lid with shaped brass escutcheon incorporating a flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks
74.9 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Literature:
W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1782-1878, 1969, p. 48
D.H.L. Back, Forsyth & Co.: Patent Gunmakers 1806-1852, 1995, p. 41

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