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Lot 326
A 25-Bore Flintlock RifleBy J. Hodgetts, Circa 1830
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £612 inc. premium
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By J. Hodgetts, Circa 1830
By J. Hodgetts, Circa 1830
With earlier Ottoman octagonal sighted barrel (some pitting) struck on the top flat near the breech with indistinct barrelsmith's mark, and rifled with seven grooves, arched back-sight, plain tang, indistinctly signed border engraved flat lock with semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured three-quarter stock (some old bruising, reduced from full), engraved russet steel mounts comprising butt-plate and scroll trigger-guard, the latter with pineapple finial and decorated with foliage on the bow, ramrod-pipes, and brass-mounted ramrod
119 cm. barrel
119 cm. barrel
Footnotes
John Hodgetts is recorded in West Bromwich, Staffordshire in around 1849








