Lot 65
65
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY W. POWELL, No. 14159, Lancaster 'Twelve-Twenty' lightweight action-body, the fences relief-engraved with a stylized acanthus-leaf motif on a matt ground, best bouquet and scroll engraving with slight traces of hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock, cast-on for the left shoulder, the lockplates and furniture set over, the chopper-lump barrels with narrow semi-sunken game-rib

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A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY W. POWELL, No. 14159, Lancaster 'Twelve-Twenty' lightweight action-body, the fences relief-engraved with a stylized acanthus-leaf motif on a matt ground, best bouquet and scroll engraving with slight traces of hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock, cast-on for the left shoulder, the lockplates and furniture set over, the chopper-lump barrels with narrow semi-sunken game-rib
Weight 5lb. 15½oz., 14½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its leather case

Lot Essay

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' also incorporates this W. Baker patent action. Please see also lots 62 and 164

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