Details of Lot 265
B. E. CHAPLIN
A FINE CASBARD-ENGRAVED 28-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR GUN, NO. 11626

26-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/2 and 5/8 choke borings, the scroll back frame and top lever profusely engraved with foliate scrollwork, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner and retaining all of its original hardening colour, 14-inch highly figured stock, 4lb. 10oz., nitro proof, left barrel wall thickness well below the recommended minimum, in its maker's lightweight leather case
S2

The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1979 for Lord Rank and that it was engraved by Casbard. The gun appears virtually unused.

Sold for £2800
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Pulbourgh, West Sussex
1 May 2024
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply