Details of Lot 258
W. W. GREENER
A SCARCE 8-BORE "FACILE PRINCEPS" BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN, NO. 31897

34-inch damascus barrels with 3 1/2-inch chambers about full choke borings, patent wedge fast extension, the rib engraved "Winner at the London Gun Trials, 1875, 1877, 1878 & 1879", the plain frame retaining some original hardening colour, the maker's name signed within scrollwork, non-automatic side safety, 13 3/4-inch figured stock with pistol grip and recoil pad, 12lb. 11oz., recent nitro re-proof

Sold for £5000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Sotheby's, New Bond Street
15 December 2010
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply