Lot Essay
The Pape records confirm that the gun was completed in 1866; its present specifications conform to those entered in the ledgers
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A FINE 16-BORE (PIN-FIRE) HAMMER GUN BY W.R. PAPE, NO. 1312
The sidelocks with high-spurred dolphin hammers, Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved serpentine fences, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, the top-strap finely engraved with a vignette of grouse, highly-figured stock with butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 14in. pull, 31in. barrels, both approx. I.C. (relieved), 2in. chambers, proof exemption
The sidelocks with high-spurred dolphin hammers, Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved serpentine fences, best bold foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, the top-strap finely engraved with a vignette of grouse, highly-figured stock with butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 14in. pull, 31in. barrels, both approx. I.C. (relieved), 2in. chambers, proof exemption