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An Irish 10-Bore Flintlock Service CarbineBy Rigby & Son Of Dublin, Circa 1820-26
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,187.50 inc. premium
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By Rigby & Son Of Dublin, Circa 1820-26
By Rigby & Son Of Dublin, Circa 1820-26
With rebrowned sighted barrel with bayonet-bar on the right side at the muzzle, border engraved tang, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock with roller, engraved ring-neck cock, figured full stock (some bruising), brass mounts of regulation type including butt-plate engraved 'Newcastle Bar. y No. 3' on the heel-tang, and stirrup ramrod (steel parts with some rust patination and pitting)
50.5 cm. barrel
50.5 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Probably part of a large order of carbines and pistols thought to have been issued to government servants, such as police and customs officers. See D.H.L. Back, Great Irish Gunmakers Messrs Rigby 1760-1869, 1992, p. 29








