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CHARLES LANCASTER
A .500 (.577/500 NO.2) SLIDE AND DROP HAMMER RIFLE, NO. 3634
30-inch damascus barrels, the flat top rib with folding express sights to 200yds, patent Lancaster smooth oval bore rifling, the rounded frame, non-rebounding back locks, bolted hammers and rotary underlever with scroll engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, the nose-less hammers with self-retracting strikers, 14 1/2-inch well figured stock with engraved and chequered steel butt plate, 8lb. 3oz., black powder proof
S58
The rifle incorporates Lancaster's famed slide and drop action that draws the barrels tight on the angled breech face. Very few examples of this design are found incorporating the self-retracting strikers. |
Sold for £3800
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Pulbourgh, West Sussex |
| 1 May 2024 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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