ALEXR. HENRY
A .450 (3 1/4IN.) BLACK POWDER EXPRESS SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMER RIFLE, serial no. 4645,
28in. bold damascus octagonal barrel with partially file cut top flat and engraved 'ALEXR. HENRY . EDINBURGH AND LONDON', open sights with two folding leaf sights, marked 200 and 300 yards (one leaf slightly bent), ramped bead fore-sight, Henry patent rifling, patent no. 2802 of 15th November 1860, Adams & Tait use number 4606, Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved percussion fence, non-rebounding back-action lock with bolted hammer, border engraving, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14 1/4in. well-figured pistolgrip stock (light repairs either side of top tang), with pistolgrip-cap and including 5/8in. wooden extension, fore-end with carved finial, insert repairs to edges and light damage to crosspin catch, weight 7lb. 1oz.
Provenance: The makers records list the rifle as being completed as a .450 single barrelled breech loading rifle on the 7th July 1879 for 1879 for Frederick Snowden Corrance, b1820. Resided at Broadwater, Framlingham.
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