Details of Lot 248
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A 12-BORE ROUND ACTION EJECTOR GUN, NO. 5210

29-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/2 choke borings, top extension, the frame, trigger plate and numbered top lever with fine foliate scroll engraving and retaining traces of original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, 15-inch well figured stock including rubber recoil pad, 6lb. 10oz., nitro proof, barrel wall thickness below the recommended minimum, in its brassbound oak and leather case

The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1900 and that the barrel length is the original.

Sold for £3700
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London
12 December 2012
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply