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WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., SERIAL NO. 1248, DATED '1867'
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A BRITISH .451 'MONKEY TAIL' BREECH-LOADING PERCUSSION SERVICE CARBINE
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., SERIAL NO. 1248, DATED '1867'
With 20 in. (51 cm.) sighted barrel marked 'WHITWORTH PATENT' towards the breech, and signed tip-up breech-block; together with A RARE BRITISH .450 BURTON'S PATENT BOLT-ACTION EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE RIFLE, BY B.S. & CO., CIRCA 1870, with 34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) sighted barrel, receiver signed 'B. BURTON'S PATENT', figured three-quarter stock, contemporary Birmingham black powder proof marks
WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO., SERIAL NO. 1248, DATED '1867'
With 20 in. (51 cm.) sighted barrel marked 'WHITWORTH PATENT' towards the breech, and signed tip-up breech-block; together with A RARE BRITISH .450 BURTON'S PATENT BOLT-ACTION EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE RIFLE, BY B.S. & CO., CIRCA 1870, with 34 ¼ in. (87 cm.) sighted barrel, receiver signed 'B. BURTON'S PATENT', figured three-quarter stock, contemporary Birmingham black powder proof marks
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Please note that the Burton's patent rifle is .42 calibre and not as published in the printed catalogue.