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H. BECKWITH
AN UNUSUAL 8-BORE SINGLE BARREL HAMMER GUN, (CONVERTED FROM A PERCUSSION RIFLE), NO. 803
37-inch damascus barrel with 3 1/4-inch chamber about 1/4 choke boring, octagonal breech, the frame, rebounding bar lock, hammer and rotary underlever with scroll engraving and retaining some hardening colour, trigger guard with engraved spur and a scene of a lion within landscapes, the large patchbox engraved with foliate scrolls and a scene of a leopard taking an antelope, 13 1/2-inch well figured stock with steel butt plate, 10lb. 9oz., nitro proof |
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Olympia, West London |
| 9 December 2008 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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