A FINE .425 (MAGNUM RIMLESS NITRO EXPRESS) SINGLE-TRIGGER D.B. HAMMERLESS DETACHABLE-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 17276, bolted automatic safe, Westley Richards patent toplever, treble-grip action-body with Westley Richards patent hand-detachable lockwork and hinged-floorplate, Westley Richards patent fully-selective 'One Trigger' with barrel-selector switch, best foliate-scroll engraving, the floorplate engraved with an Indian elephant and the triggerguard with a Sumatran rhinoceros, with traces of hardening-colour, finely-figured stock with chequered side-panels, pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap), cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights, foliate-scroll engraved mid-rib and block-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and fold-away protector | Christie's

Lot 18

A FINE .425 (MAGNUM RIMLESS NITRO EXPRESS) SINGLE-TRIGGER D.B. HAMMERLESS DETACHABLE-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 17276, bolted automatic safe, Westley Richards patent toplever, treble-grip action-body with Westley Richards patent hand-detachable lockwork and hinged-floorplate, Westley Richards patent fully-selective 'One Trigger' with barrel-selector switch, best foliate-scroll engraving, the floorplate engraved with an Indian elephant and the triggerguard with a Sumatran rhinoceros, with traces of hardening-colour, finely-figured stock with chequered side-panels, pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap), cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights, foliate-scroll engraved mid-rib and block-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and fold-away protector

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A FINE .425 (MAGNUM RIMLESS NITRO EXPRESS) SINGLE-TRIGGER D.B. HAMMERLESS DETACHABLE-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 17276, bolted automatic safe, Westley Richards patent toplever, treble-grip action-body with Westley Richards patent hand-detachable lockwork and hinged-floorplate, Westley Richards patent fully-selective 'One Trigger' with barrel-selector switch, best foliate-scroll engraving, the floorplate engraved with an Indian elephant and the triggerguard with a Sumatran rhinoceros, with traces of hardening-colour, finely-figured stock with chequered side-panels, pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap), cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the barrels with matt sight-rib, open-sights, foliate-scroll engraved mid-rib and block-mounted bead-foresight with folding moon-sight and fold-away protector
Weight 10lb. 15½oz., 14¼in. pull, 26in. barrels, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted studded oak and leather case

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Westley Richards have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in. It appears to have been relatively little used

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