Details of Lot 212
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A PAIR OF 12-BORE ROUND ACTION EJECTOR GUNS, NOS. 5392/3

No.1 gun with 28-inch replacement barrels by the maker, with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, No.2 gun with 29-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/2 choke borings, top extensions, the rounded frames and numbered top levers with foliate scroll engraving, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, 14 1/2-inch well figured stocks, 6lb. 4oz., nitro proof, No.2 gun left barrel wall thickness below the recommended minimum, in their maker's brassbound leather case
S2

The maker confirms that the guns were built in August 1902 and the replacement barrels were fitted to the No.1 gun in 1989.

Sold for £8500
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Pulbourgh, West Sussex
15 November 2023
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply