Lot 40
40
The Property of I.A. CAMPBELL, Esq.
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'TWELVE-TWENTY' ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY C. LANCASTER, No. 14637, Baker patent assisted-opening action, articulated front trigger, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, the maker's name and the model designation gold-inlaid on the underside of the action-body and the sides of the lockplates respectively, boldly-figured stock, chopper-lump barrels with game-rib

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A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'TWELVE-TWENTY' ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY C. LANCASTER, No. 14637, Baker patent assisted-opening action, articulated front trigger, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, the maker's name and the model designation gold-inlaid on the underside of the action-body and the sides of the lockplates respectively, boldly-figured stock, chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 5lb. 14oz., 14 5/8in. stock, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its leather lightweight case
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Lot Essay

The gun was completed circa 1932. The 'Twelve-Twenty' was introduced in answer to the demand for a superlatively lightweight 12-bore game-gun and this action combines the weight of a 20-bore gun with exceptional sectional strength. The Grant 'Lightweight' gun also incorporates the W. Baker patent action and the 'Twelve-Twenty' action as been adapted for use by Powell's
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