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This rifle was
sold by auction 7 May 2006, Hammer price: AU$14000
Auctioneer:
Australian
Antique Arms Auctions
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Lot 576a
WHITWORTH PERCUSSION VOLUNTEER RIFLE: 461 Cal; 33" rnd barrel;
exc bore with hexagonal rifling, strong blue finish & marked whitworth
patent with British proofs & 52; knox form & lock display case
hardening colour; bolted hammer safety; lock marked with plumbed coronet
over w & whitworth; the 3 barrel bands show blue thinning to plum
finish; coarse chequering to wrist & forend; v.g. wood with sharp
profiles; patch box & steel butt plate showing signs of case hardening
colour; r.rod marked f.preston manchester & numbered to the gun.
This rifle is in magnificent cond & appears little used. #B143 N/L
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