BY FORSYTH & CO., PATENT GUN MAKERS, LONDON, NO. 3501 FOR CIRCA 1828
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AN 8-BORE PERCUSSION WILDFOWLING GUN
BY FORSYTH & CO., PATENT GUN MAKERS, LONDON, NO. 3501 FOR CIRCA 1828
WITH TWIST SIGHTED BARREL SIGNED IN FULL AND WITH SHORT OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION, PATENT BREECH WITH TWO PLATINUM LINES AND PIERCED PLATINUM-LINED PLUG, SHAPED TANG ENGRAVED WITH SCROLLWORK AND A DUCK, SIGNED SCROLL ENGRAVED LOCK, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK, CHEQUERED GRIP, CHEEK-PIECE, SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS, SILVER BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER HORN FORE-END CAP AND BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD, THE IRON PARTS REFINSHED THROUGHOUT, THE BARREL FORGED BY WILLIAM FULLERD, LONDON PROOF MARKS
41¾IN. (106CM.) BARREL
BY FORSYTH & CO., PATENT GUN MAKERS, LONDON, NO. 3501 FOR CIRCA 1828
WITH TWIST SIGHTED BARREL SIGNED IN FULL AND WITH SHORT OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION, PATENT BREECH WITH TWO PLATINUM LINES AND PIERCED PLATINUM-LINED PLUG, SHAPED TANG ENGRAVED WITH SCROLLWORK AND A DUCK, SIGNED SCROLL ENGRAVED LOCK, FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK, CHEQUERED GRIP, CHEEK-PIECE, SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS, SILVER BARREL-BOLT ESCUTCHEONS, AND LATER HORN FORE-END CAP AND BRASS-MOUNTED RAMROD, THE IRON PARTS REFINSHED THROUGHOUT, THE BARREL FORGED BY WILLIAM FULLERD, LONDON PROOF MARKS
41¾IN. (106CM.) BARREL