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A Rare 27-Bore (.577) Percussion Prince's Patent Breech-Loading Rifled Carbine (3) image 1
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A Rare 27-Bore (.577) Percussion Prince's Patent Breech-Loading Rifled Carbine
Retailed By B. Cogswell, 224 Strand, London, No. 7227, Mid-19th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare 27-Bore (.577) Percussion Prince's Patent Breech-Loading Rifled Carbine
Retailed By B. Cogswell, 224 Strand, London, No. 7227, Mid-19th Century

With two-stage sighted barrel sliding forward for loading, rifled with three wide grooves and engraved 'X.19' in an oval behind the folding leaf back-sights, breech engraved 'Prince's Patent' along the top, border engraved back-action lock signed in full, figured half-stock (old bruising) with chequered grip, and plain brass mounts including trigger-guard with sliding catch for the detachable bolt (missing, steel parts with surface rust), London proof marks; together with a .577 (25-bore) percussion volunteer short rifle of 1860 pattern, dated 1860, of regulation pattern, the stock (minor damage) with chequered grip and fore-end (steel parts with surface rust), Birmingham proof marks; and a continental 14-bore pin-fire d.b. sporting gun in poor condition, the back-action locks, hammers and mounts engraved with scrolling foliage (worn, steel parts with surface rust) (3)
55 cm., 83.8 cm. and 76.4 cm. barrels

Footnotes

Frederick Prince was granted British Patent No. 386 on 21 February 1855 for 'Breech actions, sliding-barrel'. Benjamin Cogswell is recorded at 224 Strand, London between 1842 and 1856

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