![]() WESTLEY RICHARDS IMPROVED MARTINI S/B SPORTING RIFLE: 450 cal 28” barrel g. ![]() #262 L/R A good original example of one of the earliest breech loading shotgun patents within scroll banner to both locks push forward underlever action locks up tight & on face, non- rebounding back action locks with replacement hammers, hammers loose on shanks woodwork in overall g.+ cond, walnut straight stock with some handling marks chequering to wrist & splinter forend worn, forend with some small chips to edges vacant silver escutcheon to stock, heel & toe butt plates 14 1/4″ LOP & 6lb 14oz overall in vg. well-defined acanthus scroll engraving to round body action, lock plates & tangs, GEORGE H. DAW’S PATENT stamps to both barrel & breech face, London V & P proofs to barrels & action table full coverage of v. pattern definition & some light staining silver steel finish to action with some dried grease build up GEORGE H. bores, some fine, shallow pits confined mainly to first 3rd of barrels, some small handling dings towards muzzle unchoked, 2 1/2″ chambers dark plum patina to barrels with g. DAW S x S HAMMER SHOTGUN: 12G 30” twist barrels with f. cond, dark walnut stock with vacant steel escutcheon, tear drops & horn buttplate, some light handling marks overall chequering to bag grip & splinter forend is lightly defined 14” LOP & 7lb 2oz weight overall in g. slight movement with forend fitted carved percussion fences, dolls head extension bar action locks with rebounding, matching hammers Birmingham proofs to action tables & barrel flats woodwork in g. ![]() to top rib, CHAs BOSWELL to lock plates 70% coverage of fine scroll engraving to action with pair pheasant to rh lock, & pair partridge to lh action locks up with some v. 1/4 & full, 2 1/2″ chambers silver steel finish to metalwork, with scattered staining, small patch of fin pitting to lh breech some soft browned finish remaining to barrels & traces of case colour to locks CHARLES BOSWELL. #5255 N/L c.1883ĬHARLES BOSWELL S x S HAMMER SHOTGUN: 12G 30” damascus barrels with bright bores, some scattered shallow pitting throughout & linear scratches choked approx. cond, restocked with plain timber, fair metal to wood fit chequering to bag grip & splinter forend well-defined, forend wood marked with serial no chequered steel buttplate overall in vg. ![]() LONDON engraved to both sides of action & both lock plates Jones underlever action locks up tight & on face, back action non-rebounding locks with sliding half-cock stalking safety’s express sights with fixed 100yd & flip up 200yd, 300yd leaf’s with platinum lines woodwork in overall g. to top of lh barrel & NON FOULING OVAL BORE RIFLING engraved to top of rh barrel London V & P proofs to action tables & barrels, marked ahead of flats with CL & 39 CHARLES LANCASTER. fine pin-prick pits to round body action faint CHARLES LANCASTER. pattern definition bright polished steel finish to action, locks & tangs, some v. cond, some light frosting in areas browned finish to barrels presents v. CHARLES LANCASTER S x S HAMMER DOUBLE RIFLE: 500 BPE 28” damascus barrels with oval bore rifling, bores are in g. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |