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JOSEPH BOURNE, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3398, CIRCA 1865
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A DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION CAPE RIFLE
JOSEPH BOURNE, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3398, CIRCA 1865
With 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) twist sighted barrels, the right smooth and of 14-bore, the left rifled for a belted ball and of 40-bore, broad rib marked from '1' to '19' in inch increments, engraved locks and mounts including patchbox-cover with a plains game scene, and figured walnut half-stock, London proof marks
JOSEPH BOURNE, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 3398, CIRCA 1865
With 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) twist sighted barrels, the right smooth and of 14-bore, the left rifled for a belted ball and of 40-bore, broad rib marked from '1' to '19' in inch increments, engraved locks and mounts including patchbox-cover with a plains game scene, and figured walnut half-stock, London proof marks
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