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A Liège .850 (8-Bore) Percussion 1831 Model Breech-Loading Wall Or Rampart Rifle
A Liège .850 (8-Bore) Percussion 1831 Model Breech-Loading Wall Or Rampart Rifle
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A Liège .850 (8-Bore) Percussion 1831 Model Breech-Loading Wall Or Rampart Rifle
By P.J. Malherbe A Liège, No. 442, Dated 1837
With heavy tapering sighted barrel rifled with eight spiral grooves, replacement folding long range back-sight, hinged breech-block (hooked lifting-lever replaced), pivoting locking-lever numbered '466', long tang, dated back-action lock stamped 'P.J. Malherbe A Liège', figured butt with cheek-piece, brass mounts each struck with inspector's initial 'B', and folding peg mount (steel parts with old light pitting)
127 cm. barrel
Footnotes:
For a very similar example in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. XII-575), see Howard L. Blackmore, Guns and Rifles of the World, 1965, p. 64, fig. 432
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A Liège .850 (8-Bore) Percussion 1831 Model Breech-Loading Wall Or Rampart Rifle

Estimate ÂŁ3,500 - ÂŁ4,500
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Starting Price ÂŁ2,800
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