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Lot 168*
A Very Rare .577 Snider Sealed Pattern Short Service Rifled MusketDated 1860
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,062.50 inc. premium
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Dated 1860
Dated 1860
Similar to the last, the blued barrel with bayonet-lug numbered '1006' on the right side towards the muzzle, three-quarter stock with red wax seal on one side of the butt (incomplete) and opposite the lock, the butt deeply incised on each side with broad arrow mark above 'G.A', a lion trade mark lightly stamped behind the tang of the trigger-guard and in front of the finial, original ramrod, retaining its handwritten vellum label (illegible), and retaining most of its original finish, Birmingham proof marks
78 cm. barrel
78 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Almost certainly intended for use in Australia








