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J. MACNAUGHTON
A SCARCE 12-BORE SLIDE-AND-DROP HAMMER GUN, NO. 74
30-inch chopper-lump damascus barrels with 2-inch chambers, about true cylinder borings, the bar-in-wood frame, non-rebounding bar locks, hammers and push-down underlever with fine scroll engraving, the maker's name signed within a scrolling banner, the breech engraved "MacNaughton's Patent Lockfast", 14 1/4-inch figured half-length stock with engraved heel and toe plates, 6lb. 11oz., black powder proof, bores pitted
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The gun conforms to MacNaughton's patent number 1971 of 1867 and is also unusual in that it appears to have Parsons' patent chopper-lump damascus barrels. |
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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