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An 80-Bore Needle-Fire Rigby Patent Breech-Loading Rook RifleBy Robert Adams, No. 76 King William Street, London, No. D52, Circa 1860
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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By Robert Adams, No. 76 King William Street, London, No. D52, Circa 1860
By Robert Adams, No. 76 King William Street, London, No. D52, Circa 1860
With browned octagonal sighted barrel signed in full along the top flat, leaf-sighted from '100' to '150' yards, and rifled with ten grooves, the bottom flat in front of the hook stamped 'Rigby's Patent', border engraved action signed on one side, threaded breech-plug with border engraved side-lever and automatically adjusting the hammer to half-cock, figured butt (old bruising) with chequered grip, chequered detachable fore-end with horn cap, and border engraved steel trigger-guard and butt-plate, London proof marks
60.3 cm. barrel
60.3 cm. barrel
Footnotes
Robert Adams is recorded at 76 King William Street, London, between 1858 and 1865








