Lot Essay
The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1863 for the Lord Elphinstone. It appears to have been very little used
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A FINE .400 (PIN-FIRE) DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER RIFLE BY J. DICKSON, NO. 2425
The action-bar with 'Joseph Brazier, Ashes' stamps, Jones patent rotary-underlever, the backlocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheek-piece and chequered butt-plate, the triggerplate extending rearwards to form a chequered skeletal pistolgrip, the browned bold damascus barrels with matt sight-rib and open-sights
Weight 8lb. 7oz., 14in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof
The action-bar with 'Joseph Brazier, Ashes' stamps, Jones patent rotary-underlever, the backlocks with bolted dolphin hammers, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheek-piece and chequered butt-plate, the triggerplate extending rearwards to form a chequered skeletal pistolgrip, the browned bold damascus barrels with matt sight-rib and open-sights
Weight 8lb. 7oz., 14in. pull, 28in. barrels, Black Powder proof