THE FIRST BY JOSEPH LANG, LONDON, NO. 1553, CIRCA 1850
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A 12-BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN AND AN 11-BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN
The first by Joseph Lang, London, No. 1553, circa 1850
The first with twist sighted barrels, patent breeches each with platinum plug, scroll engraved tang, signed scroll engraved locks, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, scroll engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon, and brass-mounted ramrod (some surface pitting, mainly on the barrels, engraving removed from butt-plate), London proof marks; the second with scroll engraved back-action locks, walnut half-stock (cracked), chequered grip and fore-end, and brass-mounted ramrod (barrel-lug and one ramrod-pipe detached, some wear and surface rust), Birmingham proof marks
30in. (76.2cm.) and 23¼in. (59.1cm.) barrels (2)
The first by Joseph Lang, London, No. 1553, circa 1850
The first with twist sighted barrels, patent breeches each with platinum plug, scroll engraved tang, signed scroll engraved locks, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip and fore-end, scroll engraved iron mounts, silver escutcheon, and brass-mounted ramrod (some surface pitting, mainly on the barrels, engraving removed from butt-plate), London proof marks; the second with scroll engraved back-action locks, walnut half-stock (cracked), chequered grip and fore-end, and brass-mounted ramrod (barrel-lug and one ramrod-pipe detached, some wear and surface rust), Birmingham proof marks
30in. (76.2cm.) and 23¼in. (59.1cm.) barrels (2)
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