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| CASED & FABULOUS Alexander Henry, Model Break Under Lever Doubl...
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CASED & FABULOUS Alexander Henry, Model Break Under Lever Double Rifle, CAL: Black Powder 500 EX, MFG: ca. 1880's Antique, SN: 6812, Lever Break Double Hammer Rifle, 28'' barrels. While his name is now best associated with the British Empires Martini-Henry rifles & carbines, Alexander Henry of Edinburgh was a well respected Scottish gunmaker, officially appointed as maker to Her Majesty the Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Edinburgh & other individuals of royalty & wealth. In the mid to second half of the 19th century, Henry patented his drop block rifle in 1865 & of its type, it was by far the most successful & commonly encountered rifle of the era. Henry offered his rifle in three qualities, BEST, SECOND & THIRD, with best quality pre-dominating. This appears to be of the ''BEST'' quality as it displays the engraving &detailing seen on his ''BEST'' quality. These Henry rifles are quite magnificent in terms of their quality, engraving & construction, & secured his reputation with the very high quality & numbers of single & double rifles built.
On this rifle, the cheeked, checkered & capped pistol grip walnut stocks are excellent, with a few minor handling marks to the original finish. Fantastic contrasting grain & fine hand checkering on both pieces of furniture. The case-hardened receiver displays a satin silver finish, with the receiver, side plates, lever, trigger guard, upper tang, forend lever, hammers & a portion of the barrel all displaying high density coverage of fine vine & scroll hand engraving. The original Damascus barrels have 90% coverage of a lovely chocolate brown finish, which displays the fantastic thumb print patterns. The top of the barrel is engraved ''ALEX.R HENRY & Co MAKERS TO HER MAJESTRY EDINBURGH & LONDON'', with ''DAMASCUS'' on the belly of the barrels under the forend. The barrel carries a three leaf express rear sight, with the back two leaf's marked with ranges of 200 & 300 yards. The muzzle of the barrel carries a platform raised elongated front blade sight. The right side-plate has the auto-cock indicator, with gold ''COCKED'' lettering. The bottom of the barrels are stamped ''500 EX'', ''AH'', matching serial number & numerous British proofs. Bores are very good, but with spotty areas of roughness amongst strong rifling. The buttstock carries an Old English solid red recoil pad. The rifle comes displayed in a magnificent Maker's alligator hide wrapped oak case, with gold embossed lettering ''HIS HIGHNESS THE MAHARAJAH OF DEWAS''. The case also indicates that it is for ''RIFLE 6812''. Inside the case is a leather gold embossed Maker's label ''ALEXANDER HENRY & LONDON'' & a Special Appointment to her Majesty the Queen crest. The case come with the key, a silver oil bottle, a large number of tools & accessories, plus some lead bullets. An overall excellent & collector/investment grade hand crafted rifle. Antique, No FFL Req. - Value: 8000 to 12000
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