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antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar Ltd

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553<br />

A .577 CALIBRE PERCUSSION 1856 PATTERN SHORT<br />

RIFLE, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, DATED 1859<br />

of regulation specifications, the lock engraved with a<br />

crown, the date and retaining its nipple protector, the<br />

stock impressed ‘W. & C. Scott’ underneath the butt, steel<br />

ramrod, and retaining some early finish throughout<br />

84cm; 33Bin barrel<br />

‡ £500-600<br />

553<br />

554<br />

554<br />

A .577 CALIBRE THREE BAND SNIDER-ENFIELD RIFLE,<br />

DATED 1864<br />

the barrel fitted with calibrated ladder back-sight, breechblock<br />

stamped ‘B. S. A. Co.’, the lock stamped with ‘V. R.’<br />

crowned, ‘Enfield’ and the date, walnut full stock and<br />

regulation brass mounts including butt-cap inscribed ‘9<br />

312’ (ramrod missing)<br />

93.1cm; 35Nin barrel<br />

‡ £350-400<br />

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