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A LIGHT .450/400 (2 7/8IN. BLACK POWER) D.B. HAMMER RIFLE BY J. PURDEY, No. 13906, Jones patent snap-action rotary-underlever, side-clips, percussion fences, the rebounding backlocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and butt-plate, sling-eyes, the steel barrels with matt sight-rib and open-sights
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A LIGHT .450/400 (2 7/8IN. BLACK POWER) D.B. HAMMER RIFLE BY J. PURDEY, No. 13906, Jones patent snap-action rotary-underlever, side-clips, percussion fences, the rebounding backlocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best foliate-scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and butt-plate, sling-eyes, the steel barrels with matt sight-rib and open-sights
Weight 8lb., 14 3/8in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case
Purdey records confirm that the rifle was completed circa 1891 as a light .400
Charges for the rifle were as follows:-
Powder - 3½ drams Curtiss & Harvey's No. 6
Wadding - thin card and cloth
Bullet - hollow, papered and lubricated
Case - .450/.400 solid drawn 3in.
The condition of the rifle is exceptional for its age
Loading dies and a quantity of cartridge cases for this calibre will be made available to the buyer of the lot
Weight 8lb., 14 3/8in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case
Purdey records confirm that the rifle was completed circa 1891 as a light .400
Charges for the rifle were as follows:-
Powder - 3½ drams Curtiss & Harvey's No. 6
Wadding - thin card and cloth
Bullet - hollow, papered and lubricated
Case - .450/.400 solid drawn 3in.
The condition of the rifle is exceptional for its age
Loading dies and a quantity of cartridge cases for this calibre will be made available to the buyer of the lot