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CHARLES LANCASTER
A RARE 14-BORE BASE-FIRE PATENT HAMMER GUN, NO. 3016
30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder and improved cylinder borings, the rib signed and engraved "Patent Breech Loader", the rounded frame, non-rebounding backlocks, noseless hammers and rotary underlever with foliate scroll engraving, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, patent slide-and-drop action, conical base fire strikers, the right hammer with repaired spur, left hammer a replacement, 14-inch stock with engraved steel butt plate, 6lb. 12oz., black powder proof
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The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1857. It is generally accepted that the Lancaster base-fire was the first commercially successful breech-loading centrefire gun. |
Sold for £850
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, London |
| 10 December 2014 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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