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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1871 PATENT .577/.500 (NO. 2 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) D.B. BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 12753, Westley Richards patent toplever, non-rebounding sidelocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour and blueing, the triggerguard engraved with a lion in a naturalistic landscape, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, engraved pistolgrip-cap, cheekpiece and engraved butt-plate, sling-eyes, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the browned damascus barrels with Henry patent rifling, sunken rib, open-sights and block-mounted foresight
Weight 8lb. 11½oz., 14¼in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
The rifle is of superlative quality and Westley Richards have kindly confirmed that it was completed circa 1875. It appears to have been very little used
Weight 8lb. 11½oz., 14¼in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
The rifle is of superlative quality and Westley Richards have kindly confirmed that it was completed circa 1875. It appears to have been very little used