拍品专文
The gun is a good example of the transition from hammer to hammerless actions and combines a full self-cocking hammerless action with vestigial external hammers
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细节
AN UNUSUAL D. BENTLEY 1884 PATENT 12-BORE SEMI-HAMMERLESS GUN BY C. OSBORNE, NO. 7079
Incorporating D. Bentley self-cocking semi-hammerless patent No. 17037 of 1884, patent use-number 779, the lockplates with curved slots to take the curved hammer heads, toplever, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with extension and butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 15in. pull, 29in. barrels, proof exemption
Incorporating D. Bentley self-cocking semi-hammerless patent No. 17037 of 1884, patent use-number 779, the lockplates with curved slots to take the curved hammer heads, toplever, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with extension and butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 15in. pull, 29in. barrels, proof exemption