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£ 1,195 Thomas Conway, Manchester Double Rifle Rifles
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Thomas Conway, Manchester Double Rifle Rifles

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Cheshire, North WestUpdated 6 years ago
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CategoryRifles
SubcategoryDouble Rifle
ConditionUsed
Sale typeTrade
MakeThomas Conway, Manchester
Manufactured YearDouble Barrel Side By Side Muzzle Loading Percussion Combination Cape Rifle (.600 Calibre Rifled Bar
Antiqueyes
CertificateNo Licence
Barrel length30 inches
Overall length47 inches
Your reference14949
Gun StatusActivated
Recommended UsageCollection item
Description

C1850, English Thomas Conway, Manchester Double Barrel Side By Side Muzzle Loading Percussion Combination Cape Rifle (.600 Calibre Rifled Barrel & 12 Bore Smoothbore Shotgun Barrel) With Walnut Stock & Ramrod. Sn 14949 - 14949

This is an excellent Double barrel percussion Cape rifle made C 1850. It has 30" browned steel barrels and measures 47 " overall. The barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib. The rifle barrel is .600 calibre and the bore is clean with well defined rifling. The shotgun barrel is smooth 12 bore. The bore is clean. It has its original walnut stock with chequered panels at the fore stock and wrist. It has a steel butt plate with extended tang and trigger guard with extended tang. The metal work has nice foliage engraving to the action plates, breach tang, Dolphin hammers, trigger guard and butt plate. The action plates are both signed by the manufacturer 'Conway' (most likely Thomas Conway an English Gunsmith with premises in Manchester at 179 Chapel Street, 3 Market Street & 43 Blackfriars Street, Deansgate between 1803-1852) . Both barrels have silver roundel inserts at the breech. It has double triggers and the weapon cocks & dry fires perfectly as it should. The shotgun is fitted with blade foresight & 3 leaf flip up rear sights each with silver sighting lines. The stock has 2 sling swivel lugs and it has its original brass tipped and capped wood ramrod. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion muzzle loading Cape rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 14949

£1,195.00

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