Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 217*

A Rare .451 Percussion Match Rifle
By John Rigby & Co., Dublin & London, No. 14199 for 1874

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,750 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

A Rare .451 Percussion Match Rifle
By John Rigby & Co., Dublin & London, No. 14199 for 1874

Almost identical to the last, with shortened barrel (loss of finish at the muzzle), the breech flat engraved 'N.S.W. No. 7', the left side of the butt stamped 'N.S.W.' over '7', and retaining nearly all its original finish
82 cm. barrel

Footnotes

Literature
J.E. Corcoran, The Target Rifle in Australia, 1996, pp. 42-47

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century

The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons

A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century

A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later

FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.

THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.