AN INTERESTING J. LANG 1870 PATENT 12-BORE TREBLE-GRIP SELF-COCKING HAMMER GUN BY J. LANG, NO. 5420

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AN INTERESTING J. LANG 1870 PATENT 12-BORE TREBLE-GRIP SELF-COCKING HAMMER GUN BY J. LANG, NO. 5420
Incorporating J. Lang patent No. 687 of 8th. March 1870, the snap-action push-forward underlever with rotary screw-grip and sliding-bolt third-grip, full self-cocking and self half-cocking action, 'pinless' non-rebounding locks, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with butt-plate, the etched and browned damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 4oz., 14in. pull, 29in. barrels, proof exemption

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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1876. Lang's patent No. 687 of 1870 combines both a rotary screw-grip snap-action with a sliding-bolt third-bite and this particular example is of further interest in having a full self-cocking mechanism fitted

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