Lot 193
193
A 10-BORE (2 7/8IN) 'FACILE PRINCEPS' BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR WILDFOWLING-GUN BY W.W. GREENER, No. 41997, 'List No. 56', 'Patent Treble Wedge Fast' action-body with manual side-safe, foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with semi-pistolgrip and horn butt-plate, the Greener 'Wrought Steel' barrels with matt concave rib and intermediate bead-sight

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A 10-BORE (2 7/8IN) 'FACILE PRINCEPS' BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR WILDFOWLING-GUN BY W.W. GREENER, No. 41997, 'List No. 56', 'Patent Treble Wedge Fast' action-body with manual side-safe, foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with semi-pistolgrip and horn butt-plate, the Greener 'Wrought Steel' barrels with matt concave rib and intermediate bead-sight
Weight 10lb. 6oz., 14 3/8in. pull, 32in. barrels, approx. full & extra-full choke, 2 7/8in. chambers, recent nitro reproof

Lot Essay

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1894 and that it was sold for approximately 25gns.

The lot is subject to V.A.T. at 2½ as a re-import of an item over 100 years old

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