A FINE CASED 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 5188

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A FINE CASED 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 5188
The stock inset with a C. Lancaster patent 'Game Scorer', patent No. 16343, the case containing a Charles Lancaster red leather place-finder with pegs for eight guns, sidelever action, rebounding backlocks with ornate C-scroll hammers, the hammer spurs of hare's-ear form, faceted fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, highly-figured stock with engraved ebonite extension, the browned damascus barrels with game-rib and reversed chokes
Weight: 6lb. 9½oz., 15in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ½ & cyl. choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (pre-1954)

Lot Essay

This lot is a particularly fine example of a cased hammer gun and it is unusual in retaining all of its original accessories; the presence of both the original game-scorer and the Lancaster place-finder are of additional interest. The makers have confirmed that it was completed in 1883 and it remains in excellent condition for its age

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