.451 PATTERN 1863 WHITWORTH ENFIELD BAR-ON-BAND PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE. SEE DESCRIPTION!

ON AUCTION: 1 X VERY RARE .451 PATTERN 1863 WHITWORTH PATENT ENFIELD BAR-ON-BAND PERCUSSION SERVICE RIFLE. The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range accuracy for its era, especially when used with a telescopic sight, the Whitworth rifle was widely regarded as the world's first sniper rifle.The Whitworth rifle saw extensive use with the Confederate sharpshooters in the American Civil War, claiming the lives of several Union generals, including John Sedgwick, one of the highest-ranking Union officers killed during the Civil War, shot on May 9, 1864, at Spotsylvania. On October, 2017, a surviving example of a Confederate Whitworth rifle was auctioned with a hammer price of $161,000.The Whitworth rifle was considered to be the very best rifle of its time in terms of accuracy, when compared to other British, French, American rifles, or those produced elsewhere. Overall condition of rifle good.

BARREL: 84CM LONG. STOCK: 119CM LONG. OVERALL LENGTH: 123CM. 

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