Details of Lot 286
C. HUNT & CO. LTD
A 12-BORE TOP LEVER LIVE PIGEON GUN, NO. 16990

27 1/2-inch Siemens steel barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about full choke borings, the tube engraved "The Championship Pigeon Gun", machined rib and crossbolt doll's head extension, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and top lever with full coverage of fine scroll engraving, left hammer a replacement, clipped fences, articulated front trigger, 14-inch highly figured stock, the fore-end inlaid with a gold shield depicting pigeon, 7lb. 2oz., nitro proof, right bore pitted
S2

Sold for £500
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, London
15 April 2015
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply