Details of Lot 179
E. M. REILLY & CO.
A 20-BORE HAMMER GUN, NO. 27687

26-inch barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, full length file-cut rib, the frame, non re-bounding backlocks, hammers and rotary underlever with lined border engraving, 14 1/2-inch figured stock with pistol grip, sling eyes, 7lb. 4oz., nitro proof, bores pitted

Possibly converted from a rifle or a shot and ball gun, although there appears never to have been provision for a rearsight.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Olympia, West London
17 April 2007
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply