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A Fine .577 Percussion Volunteer Match Prize RifleNo. 3651, Dated 1863
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,500 inc. premium
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No. 3651, Dated 1863
No. 3651, Dated 1863
With blued sighted barrel rifled with five bright grooves, serial numbered bayonet lug on the right towards the muzzle and retained by two blued barrel bands, brass-mounted barrel plug and brass fore-sight protector, calibrated folding adjustable back-sight, blued tang, dated border engraved case-hardened flat lock, case-hardened hammer, highly figured three-quarter stock with chequered grip, the butt with oval silver plaque on one side engraved with the presentation inscription, steel mounts of regulation type, sling loops, original steel ramrod, and much of its original finish, Birmingham proof marks
84 cm. barrel
84 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The presentation inscription reads: 'Lutterworth Prize Contest. First Prize, September 8th 1863. Presented To Colour Sergeant Joseph Lee. By Chas. Burdett, Esqr.'
Charles Burdett was a wine merchant at Lutterworth, Leicestershire








