This is a magnificent, cased Match Target Whitworth, made by the Whitworth Rifle Company, Manchester, England in 1862.  The Match Target Rifle was Whitworth's highest achievement.  They are the most beautifully made and most accurate of all of Whitworth's rifle making endeavors.  This gun is the highest condition Whitworth I have ever seen.  It also has the highest level of embellishment/engraving I have ever seen on a Whitworth.  You might actually call it an exhibition grade gun.  All the original brown finish is on the barrel, thinning ever so slightly.  The cased surfaces are intact on the lock, breech, trigger guard, butt plate etc.  The bore is new.  For all practical purposes, the gun is in new condition.  There are a few dents in the wood and one dent on top of the barrel in the Rigby flat (some klutz probably dropped it).  The sights are of the highest quality.  They are platinum lined.  The front sight is a micro-adjustable, platinum lined, globe sight, which allows for interchangeable sight disks.  The rear sight on the barrel is platinum lined, rack & pinion gear drive.  The Vernier sight is again platinum lined, demarcated in degrees in minutes and micro-adjustable.  The sights are all serial numbered to the gun and they are precious (you can shoot jack rabbits at a thousand yards with this thing).  The case still has its bullet mold, numbered to the gun, which casts a hexagonal bullet.  It has a two piece wooden cleaning rod with wooden jag, oiler, punch tool for removing the bullet from the mold, etc.  All the markings are crisp and sharp on the gun.  The whole thing is just over-the-top.  SOLD!!