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The gun appears to have been relatively little used
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A WESTLEY RICHARDS 1871 PATENT 12-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, NO. C4570
The non-rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers of pin-fire form, toplever, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, figured stock with butt-plate, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the browned damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 2oz., 14¼in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. cyl. & I.C. (relieved), 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof
The non-rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers of pin-fire form, toplever, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, figured stock with butt-plate, the bar-in-wood extending to cover the forend-hinge in a crab-joint, the browned damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 2oz., 14¼in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. cyl. & I.C. (relieved), 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof