6th Mar, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 2366
 

2366

A Victorian 1859 Snider Enfield .577 Rifle, the steel barrel stamped P WEBLEY & SON, BIRMINGHAM and

A Victorian 1859 Snider Enfield .577 Rifle, the steel barrel stamped P WEBLEY & SON, BIRMINGHAM and numbered 1400, the hinged block stamped with broad arrow, SNIDER PATENT, crowned V, L.A.C. 3, with hinged ladder rear sight, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR 1859 ENFIELD, all metal parts are stamped with what appear to be deactivation marks, walnut three band stock with brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, the tang faintly stamped M.G.R.C., the steel ramrod stamped 3, with steel sling swivels and leather sling,137cm, together with correct but associated socket bayonet with Farsi markings and brass mounted leather scabbard

Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

. There appear to be deactivation marks on the metal parts, but the gun does not seem to have been deactivated, it could be that the firing pin has been shortened. The action cocks and fires and the bore is good. Minor bruising to the stock.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 6th Mar, 2020

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