MINT BORE**QUALITY**Victorian British Proofed Martini Action .577 x.450 Obsolete Calibre Big Game Cape / Sporting Rifle ‘Made For W.R Rawbone Cape Town (South Africa) & 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 23572 martini Single Shot Obsolete Rifle

**MINT BORE**QUALITY**Victorian British Proofed Martini Action .577 x.450 Obsolete Calibre Big Game Cape / Sporting Rifle ‘Made For W.R Rawbone Cape Town (South Africa) & 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 23572 - 23572

W.R Rawbone (often stamped as "W. Rawbone" or "WR") ran a famous gun shop at 14 Burg Street in Cape Town, South Africa. He did not manufacture the firearms himself; instead, he had quality British makers such as Westley Richards & W.W Greener build them for him to be sold to settlers, Gentlemen hunters, and local militia in South Africa. This is an excellent British made Martini action sporting rifle made for W.R Rawbone Cape Town. The metal work is undamaged and retains its original blue finish in excellent condition. The wood work is all excellent & all original. It has a chequered panel wrist and fore stock with polished horn fore end cap. It has a steel butt plate & sling swivel lugs. The 28 ½” barrel has a near mint bore clean and bright with well defined multi groove rifling and the rifle measures 45” overall length. The action is signed on one side ‘Made For W.R Rawbone Cape Town’. The underside of the action is numbered ‘WR’ above 124246. The left & right sides of the action have hunting scenes engraved. The barrel and underside of the action have English proofs. The rifle has a blade foresight with hinged roundel peep sight, a tooled flat top rib with multi graduated flip up rear sight leaves all with silvered aiming lines. The rifle’s cocking & firing actions work crisply. The rifle comes with a single inert deactivated brass cased lead bullet round of .577 x.450 ammunition. The price for this quality Cape rifle includes UK delivery. NB as an obsolete calibre, antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23572

£1,595.00