Details of Lot 252
THOMAS HORSLEY
A 12-BORE PATENT BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 1784

29 3/4-inch damascus barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers, about improved cylinder borings, the frame, non-rebounding bar locks, hammers and sliding top lever with fine scroll engraving, self-retracting strikers, 14 3/4-inch stock with chequered butt plate and 1/4-inch extension, 6lb. 12oz., nitro re-proof, barrel wall thickness below the recommended minimum, left hammer a replacement
S2

The gun incorporates Horsley's patent self-retracting strikers and sliding top lever.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, London
10 December 2014
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply