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A 40-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 3367 For 1839
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,500 inc. premium
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By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 3367 For 1839
By J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 3367 For 1839
With contemporary twist leaf-sighted barrels signed in full along the rib and each rifled for a belted ball, border engraved breeches engraved with foliage between and each with platinum line and pierced platinum plug, plain border engraved tang, signed detented flat locks, hammers and mounts, the locks each with safety-catch holding the hammer at half-cock, the latter comprising chequered butt-plate, trigger-guard retaining some blueing on the inside and with chequered spur, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial, figured half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, butt with hinged circular patch-box cover on the right, grooved forward trigger, and silver escutcheon engraved with owner's crest (one sling mount and ramrod missing, some wear and rust patination overall), London proof marks and Purdey's barrelsmith's mark
74.7 cm. barrels
74.7 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Literature
L. Patrick Unsworth, The Early Purdeys, 1996, p. 155. Recorded as an '18-bore Rifle and Shot' (one barrel rifled, one barrel smooth) and sold 10 October 1839 for £65.0.0.








