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A Cased 25-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting RifleBy Calisher & Terry, Makers to H.M. War Department, No. 5277/8, Circa 1865
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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A Cased 25-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Rifle
By Calisher & Terry, Makers to H.M. War Department, No. 5277/8, Circa 1865
By Calisher & Terry, Makers to H.M. War Department, No. 5277/8, Circa 1865
With rebrowned barrels of decorative twist pattern signed along the rib and each rifled with four grooves, blued folding leaf back-sights from '50' to '300' yards and each with slender platinum line, border engraved case-hardened breeches engraved with foliate scrollwork between and each with platinum plug, foliate scroll engraved case-hardened tang, signed border engraved detented locks, dolphin hammers and blued steel mounts, the last comprising butt-plate and serial numbered trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pointed foliate engraved finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, vacant silver escutcheon, sling mounts, originial brass-mounted ramrod, and most of its original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case with some accessories including brass bullet mould, the exterior of the lid (some scratching and bruising) with vacant circular brass escutcheon, Birmingham proof marks
74.8 cm. barrels
74.8 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Calisher and Terry had premises at 116 Great Charles Street and 28 Norfolk Street, Strand, London, between 1857 and 1860, and at 22-24 Whitehall Street between 1861 and 1869. They are famous as the manufacturer's of the Terry's patent carbine (Patent No. 843 of 7 April 1856)




