Details of Lot 157
COLT
A SCARCE MODEL 1878 12-BORE TOP LEVER HAMMER GUN, NO. 9981

30-inch damascus barrels with 2 5/8-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and top lever with lined border engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, 13 1/2-inch well figured stock with semi-pistol grip and steel butt plate, 7lb. 4oz., contemporary London black powder proof, left barrel wall thickness below recommended minimum

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Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
2 September 2013
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply