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This rifle was
sold by auction 28 June 2006, Hammer price: GB£1400
Auctioneer:
Thomas Del
Mar Ltd
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Lot 62
A .451 WESTLEY RICHARDS PATENT 'MONKEY-TAIL' BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION
MILITARY TARGET RIFLE, BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS,
NO.467, DATED 1860 with Whitworth patent blued sighted barrel retained
by two blued steel bands, fitted with both folding leaf and adjustable
calibrated folding back-sight, blued hinged breech, signed dated lock
fitted with blued safety-catch ahead of the hammer (the hammer replaced),
chequered trigger, figured walnut full stock cut with chequering over
the fore-end and the grip, blued steel mounts of regulation type, including
butt-plate fitted with folding trap, trigger-guard and a pair of steel
sling swivels, retaining its steel clearing rod and an additional rod
for loading, the latter housed in the butt, and with traces of early
finish throughout 91.5cm; 36in barrel.
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