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THE FIRST BY BRAGGS, 36 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 904, THE SECOND BY C. MAYBURY, 15 ST. MARY'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, EACH MID-19TH CENTURY
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TWO SINGLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLES, ONE OF 32-BORE, THE OTHER OF 14-BORE
THE FIRST BY BRAGGS, 36 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 904, THE SECOND BY C. MAYBURY, 15 ST. MARY'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, EACH MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) browned twist barrel, the first rifled with two grooves for belted-ball, case-hardened bolted lock and mounts including patchbox-cover engraved with a boar beset by hunting hounds, set triggers, finely figured maple half-stock, and some original finish, London proof marks; the second with heavy octagonal barrel, engraved lock and mounts including patchbox-cover depicting a tiger, and figured stock (cracked and repaired around lock), Birmingham proof marks
THE FIRST BY BRAGGS, 36 HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 904, THE SECOND BY C. MAYBURY, 15 ST. MARY'S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, EACH MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with 30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) browned twist barrel, the first rifled with two grooves for belted-ball, case-hardened bolted lock and mounts including patchbox-cover engraved with a boar beset by hunting hounds, set triggers, finely figured maple half-stock, and some original finish, London proof marks; the second with heavy octagonal barrel, engraved lock and mounts including patchbox-cover depicting a tiger, and figured stock (cracked and repaired around lock), Birmingham proof marks
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