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GEORGE JEFFRIES
A RARE 12-BORE JEFFRIES' PATENT SIDE-MOTION SIDE-OPENING BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER, NO. 201
28-inch damascus barrels, probably shortened, with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder borings, the breeches with drilled vent holes, the frame, non-rebounding bar locks, hammers and underlever with fine scroll engraving, 14-inch figured stock with horn butt plate, 6lb. 11oz., bores rivelled and dented, proof exemption certificate
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The gun is built using Jeffries' patent no. 3300 of 1862 and offers an elegant solution to the idea of a side-opening breech. It was the most successful of the side-opening designs and claimed to be "..the only sporting breech loader invented in Great Britain". |
Sold for £1300
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Pulbourgh, West Sussex |
| 27 November 2024 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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