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A RARE 130-BORE FOUR-BARREL PERCUSSION BOX-LOCK TURN-OVER PISTOL
BY JOSEPH LANG, 7 HAYMARKET, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
With barrel-block of one piece with four integral ribs, the top and bottom rib each signed in full, foliate engraved case-hardened action, engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved trigger-guard and oval butt-cap, the latter incorporating an iron ramrod, chequered figured walnut butt, vacant silver escutcheon, unusual hinged sprung forward trigger, and faint traces of original finish, London proof marks
6½in. (16.5cm.)
BY JOSEPH LANG, 7 HAYMARKET, LONDON, CIRCA 1840
With barrel-block of one piece with four integral ribs, the top and bottom rib each signed in full, foliate engraved case-hardened action, engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved trigger-guard and oval butt-cap, the latter incorporating an iron ramrod, chequered figured walnut butt, vacant silver escutcheon, unusual hinged sprung forward trigger, and faint traces of original finish, London proof marks
6½in. (16.5cm.)
Literature
Claude Blair, Pistols of the World, 1968, No. 522