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Fresh to market is this Westley Richards .470 3 ¼” NE made completed in 20XX. The rifle is fine example of a modern interpretation of Westley’s classic Best Quality hammerless ejector double rifle with patent hand detachable locks.

All of Westley’s hallmark features, including the Model ‘C’ doll’s head rib extension and snap lever work, manual “beetle back” safety, and famous hand detachable locks or droplocks. The rifle is fitted with two triggers, disk set strikers, and has a strap over the stock’s comb. The trigger guard is rolled and has a long tang that extends to a trap grip cap. The nicely figured stock has a RH beaded cheekpiece and a 14 5/8” LOP over a leather covered recoil pad.

The chopper lump barrels are 23” and topped with Westley’s pattern quarter rib and combination foresight with rear-folding sight hood. The rear sight has 1 standing Express sight and 2 folding leaves (50, 75 yds) that are lined in gold.

The rifle is engraved in the same manner as all Best Quality rifles have been for over 100 years, with the traditional small house scroll and the Maker’s name in a flowing banner and a game scene cameo on the cover plate. Just as the big bore rifles of the pre-war era usually were engraved with an elephant, this .470 NE depicts a calm “hundred pounder” on the bottom, the engraving done by Marcus Hunt (signed M.A.H) who, in my opinion, is one of the finest game scene engravers in England, and he does elephants especially well! In addition, the rifle has Gold Name engraving (including s/n and “SAFE”), and a gold oval that can be engraved to the customer’s preferences. The rifle has the traditional color hardened finish with blacked cover plate, trigger bow, safety latch and lever work.

Finally, the rifle is complete in the original Maker’s lightweight leather case with basic accessories (e.g. spare foresight, (2) extra strikers, 2-pc ebony rod, J/M/B, & snap caps).

Modern Westley Richards guns and rifles are quite rare on the second-hand market. Available for immediate delivery, this is our most popular configuration in a rifle and it was executed extremely well. 

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