C1890 W.R. Pape Newcastle Upon Tyne .297/.250 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Lever Break Action Breech Loading Single Barrel Rook Rifle With External Hammer. Sn 20947 Single Shot .250 Rifles

C1890 W.R. Pape Newcastle Upon Tyne .297/.250 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Lever Break Action Breech Loading Single Barrel Rook Rifle With External Hammer. Sn 20947 - 20947

W.R. Pape Manufactured guns from 1857 to the Late 1800’s and is best remembered for inventing the Choke Boring System which Greener went on to develop. This is an excellent .297/.250 Obsolete Calibre lever break action rook rifle by Pape. It has a 27” barrel with tooled flat top rib and measures 43" overall. The barrel's rifled bore is clean with typical light rifling. The barrel is signed by the maker together with his Newcastle address. The trigger guard tang is numbered 10568. The blued metal work is excellent. The action has a lever with thumb flat which when depressed breaks the barrel for loading. The excellent all original walnut stock is undamaged. The fore stock and curved pistol grip have fine chequered panels. The stock has a ribbed panel butt. The weapon has blade fore and 3 leaf rear sights graduated 50-100-150 yards. Its loading, cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this excellent obsolete calibre rook rifle includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 20947

£895.00