A ·451 WHITWORTH PATENT PERCUSSION THREE-BAND MILITARY TARGET RIFLE with browned barrel cut with Whitworth rifling, and with windage adjustable fore-sight, the back-sight calibrated to 1200 yards, case-hardened breech and tang, signed border engraved case-hardened bolted lock engraved with the company mark on the tail, figured walnut full stock, border engraved case-hardened iron mounts, blued barrel-bands and sling-swivels, original iron ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in its fitted oak case, the lid with trade label, by the Whitworth Rifle Company, Sackville Street, Manchester, circa 1865

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A ·451 WHITWORTH PATENT PERCUSSION THREE-BAND MILITARY TARGET RIFLE with browned barrel cut with Whitworth rifling, and with windage adjustable fore-sight, the back-sight calibrated to 1200 yards, case-hardened breech and tang, signed border engraved case-hardened bolted lock engraved with the company mark on the tail, figured walnut full stock, border engraved case-hardened iron mounts, blued barrel-bands and sling-swivels, original iron ramrod, and nearly all its original finish: in its fitted oak case, the lid with trade label, by the Whitworth Rifle Company, Sackville Street, Manchester, circa 1865
33in. barrel

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