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A FINE WESTLEY RICHARDS 1871 PATENT .577/.500 (No. 2 BLACK POWDER EXPRESS) D.B. BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER RIFLE BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, No. 12754, Westley Richards patent toplever, non-rebounding sidelocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, the triggerguard engraved with a lion in a naturalistic landscape, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, engraved and colour-hardened 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. 10oz., 14¼in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
In its studded oak and leather case