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Lot 217*

A D.B. 60-Bore Rifle And 15-Bore Gun
By N. Lewis, Maker, Troy, N.Y., Circa 1860-70

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £625 inc. premium

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A D.B. 60-Bore Rifle And 15-Bore Gun
By N. Lewis, Maker, Troy, N.Y., Circa 1860-70

With browned twist gun barrel and blued rifle barrel, signed blued rib with white-metal fore-sight and adjustable back-sight (repaired), case-hardened breeches, long tang with circular long range peep-sight hinged against a spring, case-hardened locks, monster-head hammers (noses chipped, one retaining screw replaced) and mounts, the last comprising curved butt-plate, hinged circular patch-box cover in a shaped mount, spur trigger-guard and shaped rear ramrod-pipe, figured half-stock (old split behind the left lock) with cheek-piece, brass-mounted ramrod, and much original finish (some surface rust patination)
73 cm. barrels

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Nelson Lewis is recorded at various addresses in Troy, New York, between 1843 and his death in 1888

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