Details of Lot 233
THOMAS HORSLEY
A 12-BORE PATENT BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 1998

30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder borings, the plain frame, non-rebounding bar locks, hammers and pull-back top lever with border engraving, linked non-removable fore-end, 14-inch well figured stock with steel butt plate, 7lb. 6oz., black powder proof, bores pitted and dented
S2

The maker's records indicate that the gun was built in 1872 and incorporates two of the classic Horsley patents, namely the self-retracting strikers and the pull-back top lever.

Sold for £800
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, London
18 April 2018
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply