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A Liège Breech-Loading Needle-Fire Gallery Rifle Of Small BoreStamped Loron. & G. For Pierre Antoine Loron, No. 140, Mid-19th Century
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £750 inc. premium
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Stamped Loron. & G. For Pierre Antoine Loron, No. 140, Mid-19th Century
Stamped Loron. & G. For Pierre Antoine Loron, No. 140, Mid-19th Century
With blued octagonal open-sighted barrel (some areas of rust patination) stamped with maker's name in front of the back-sight and with bright smooth bore, blued hinged breech-block with lever-catch on the left, border engraved action and mounts decorated with foliate scrollwork, the former stamped with maker's name beneath, the latter comprising butt-plate and spur trigger-guard, figured butt with chequered grip, and some original finish, Liège proof
57.7 cm. barrel
57.7 cm. barrel
Footnotes
This appears to incorporate Loron's patent of 18 August 1854








