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A Rare 40-Bore (.500) Percussion Terry's Patent Breech-Loading D.B. Sporting RifleBY E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford St.t., London, No. 13132, Circa 1860
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,437.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare 40-Bore (.500) Percussion Terry's Patent Breech-Loading D.B. Sporting Rifle
BY E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford St.t., London, No. 13132, Circa 1860
BY E.M. Reilly & Co., New Oxford St.t., London, No. 13132, Circa 1860
With browned twist sighted barrels each rifled with five grooves, signed in full along the rib and engraved 'Terry's Patent 40 Bore', folding leaf back-sights from '100' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved case-hardened breeches decorated with foliate scrollwork, case-hardened bolts, signed detented border engraved flat locks and rounded hammers en suite, the first each with handle hinged against an adjustable blued spring (one screw head replaced), highly figured half-stock (butt with old marks on one side) with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter with dark horn cap, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising russet butt-plate, and trigger-guard with chequered spur, trigger-plate with shaped finial engraved with a scallop shell, vacant silver escutcheon, and much original finish, Birmingham proof marks
70.3 cm. barrels
70.3 cm. barrels
Footnotes
William Terry was granted British Patent No. 843 of 7 April 1856 for bolt-action 'Terry's Patent' carbines. Edward Michael Reilly was at 502 Oxford Street, London between 1848 and 1860








