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JOSEPH MANTON
A 20-BORE SINGLE TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR GUN, NO. 23008
28-inch monobloc barrels with 3-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, narrow stippled rib, signed in gold Joseph Manton, London, the rounded frame and top lever with bold foliate engraving around scenes of pointing dogs, the trigger plate signed G. Moore, 95, selective single trigger, rolled edge trigger guard, 14 1/2-inch highly figured stock, 5lb. 12oz., nitro proof
The gun is one of a limited number of guns built in recent years by Manton and was completed in 1995, built on a modified Beretta action. The gun was stocked and finished within the London trade to the very highest standard. |
Sold for £4200
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London |
| 17 April 2013 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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