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JOSEPH MANTON
THE ACTION, STOCK AND FORE-END ONLY OF A 20-BORE HAMMER GUN, NO. 8225, CONVERTED FROM PERCUSSION
the frame, non-rebounding bar locks, hammers and rotary underlever with border and scroll engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, 14 1/4-inch figured stock with steel butt plate
S2
The gun was likely built circa 1818 as a patent pellet lock gun and was subsequently converted by W R Barratt of Burton-on-Trent using a typical shoe-lump conversion. |
Sold for £500
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, London |
| 18 April 2018 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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