A .600 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY C. MOORE

A .600 CALIBRE PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY C. MOORE, ST JAMES~S STREET, LONDON, NO. 1829, CIRCA 1840, with browned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves and retaining its brass-capped tampion, signed on the flat (rubbed, areas of light pitting), stamped with proof marks and the serial number beneath the breech, and fitted with back-sight of three folding leaves, case-hardened breech inlaid with a platinum line, platinum plug, engraved stepped flush-fitting flat lock signed ~Moore~s Patent~ decorated with trophies-of-arms and scrolling foliage, fitted with bolt safety-catch (hammer replaced), double set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a hound on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, butt-plate, three ramrod-pipes and provision for two sling mounts (missing), horn fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, 76.0 cm barrel¦¦Charles (2) Moore is recorded at 77 St James Street 1825-42. He marked percussion and pellet-lock pistols and guns ~Charles Moore Patent~ based on Westley Richards~ English Patent No. 4611 of 1821. See Blackmore 1986, p. 144.