Lot Essay
The rifle appears to have been very little used
The Lot is exempt from certification
The Lot is exempt from certification
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A FINE SOPER 1868 PATENT .450 SELF-ACTING SIDE-HINGED-BLOCK HAMMER SPORTING CARBINE BY W. SOPER, No. 605
The sidelever action with rotating breech-block and self-cocking action, the action, breech-block and furniture with best engraving of foliate-scrollwork and much hardening-colour, finely-figured stock with integral horn-capped forend and engraved butt-plate, sling-eyes, the Henry-rifled barrel with block-mounted open-sights
Weight 7lb. 1½oz., 14¼in. pull, 28in. barrel, Black Powder proof
The sidelever action with rotating breech-block and self-cocking action, the action, breech-block and furniture with best engraving of foliate-scrollwork and much hardening-colour, finely-figured stock with integral horn-capped forend and engraved butt-plate, sling-eyes, the Henry-rifled barrel with block-mounted open-sights
Weight 7lb. 1½oz., 14¼in. pull, 28in. barrel, Black Powder proof