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A Fine And Rare 16-Bore Flintlock Sporting Rifle With Spare Lock
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 11703 for 1845
With heavy browned twist octagonal barrel (some rust spotting and staining) signed in full and cut with ten wide shallow grooves, blued three-leaf back-sight graduated to 200 yards, scroll engraved case-hardened recessed patent breech with two platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrolls and a stag's head, signed engraved detented serial numbered case-hardened flat lock with roller, blued steel-spring, blued safety-catch, and V-shaped rainproof pan, the steel engraved 'Jn.o Manton & Son Patent', finely figured walnut half-stock (minor chips and bruises, fore-end repaired), chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved blued iron mounts decorated with scrollwork, a leopard and a tiger, each in a landscape (minor rust spotting), case-hardened circular patch-box cover engraved with two stags in a landscape and signed 'Shorman Sculp.', silver escutcheon, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, blued set trigger, horn fore-end cap (replaced), iron sling mounts, original horn-tipped ramrod, and much original finish, together with a spare serial numbered lock and a number of loading tools including a mallet and a rod, London proof marks
30¼in. (76.8cm.) barrel
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