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This gun is a very rare example of one of the earliest breech-loading hammerless designs
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A RARE E.C. GREEN 1868 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMERLESS SPORTING GUN, NO. 75
Incorporating E.C. Green's patent No. 2716 of 3rd. September 1868, the triggerplate action with integral triggerguard and snap-action underlever, the top of the action-body mounted with a rotary safety, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with engraved butt-plate, the lightweight Whitworth-steel barrels of one-piece construction
Weight 6lb. 14oz., 14.3/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption
Incorporating E.C. Green's patent No. 2716 of 3rd. September 1868, the triggerplate action with integral triggerguard and snap-action underlever, the top of the action-body mounted with a rotary safety, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with engraved butt-plate, the lightweight Whitworth-steel barrels of one-piece construction
Weight 6lb. 14oz., 14.3/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption