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AN UNUSUAL 12-BORE 'THE AVANT TOUT' HAMMER EJECTOR GUN BY COGSWELL & HARRISON, NO. 14742

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AN UNUSUAL 12-BORE 'THE AVANT TOUT' HAMMER EJECTOR GUN BY COGSWELL & HARRISON, NO. 14742
The action incorporating an unusual ejecting mechanism set behind the forend-loop, toplever, percussion fences, rebounding backlocks, best foliate-scroll engraving, highly-figured stock (cracked at the head) with horn butt-plate, the barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 8½oz., 13 7/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, proof exemption
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis Sporting Guns. Unless otherwise stated, this gun is a double-barrelled hammerless shotgun. Every gun (blue label), with specific exceptions (yellow label), requires a Shot Gun Certificate

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The ejecting mechanism of this gun requires repair
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1887 as as original hammer ejector
The ejecting mechanism of this gun requires repair

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