BY JOHN MANTON & SON, DOVER STREET, LONDON, NO. 6312, CIRCA 1815
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A 12-Bore Percussion Sporting Gun
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 6312, circa 1815
Converted from flintlock, with rebrowned two-stage twist barrel and silver fore-sight, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided and engraved 'Dover Street London' in Gothic script, case-hardened patent breech with engraved platinum plug, finely engraved tang, signed engraved lock, bird's eye maple half-stock (minor defects), cheek-piece, chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts including serial numbered scroll trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, horn fore-end cap, silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks
36in. (91.5cm.) barrel
By John Manton & Son, Dover Street, London, No. 6312, circa 1815
Converted from flintlock, with rebrowned two-stage twist barrel and silver fore-sight, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided and engraved 'Dover Street London' in Gothic script, case-hardened patent breech with engraved platinum plug, finely engraved tang, signed engraved lock, bird's eye maple half-stock (minor defects), cheek-piece, chequered grip, finely engraved iron mounts including serial numbered scroll trigger-guard, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, horn fore-end cap, silver escutcheon, and original brass-mounted ramrod, London proof marks
36in. (91.5cm.) barrel
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