Details of Lot 174
JOHN STEPHENS
A 12-BORE HAMMER GUN, NO. 32141

30-inch blacked damascus barrels signed "Barratt & Son" with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/2 choke borings, the rounded frame, non-rebounding backlocks, hammers and rotary underlever with scroll engraving, stepped breech, 14-inch well figured stock with steel butt plate, 6lb. 9oz., nitro re-proof
S2

The gun appears to have been converted from a smaller calibre and may well have started life as a pinfire gun.

Sold for £440
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
The Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
25 August 2014
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply