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G. JEFFRIES
A RARE 12-BORE JEFFRIES' PATENT SIDE MOTION SIDE OPENING BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 346
29 1/2-inch damascus barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about improved cylinder borings, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and underlever with fine scroll engraving, retaining faint traces of original hardening colour, 13 1/2-inch well figured stock with engraved heel and toe plates, 6lb. 12oz., nitro re-proof
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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 £10500
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Pulborough, West Sussex |
| 21 April 2021 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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