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A RARE T. MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 20-BORE 'MOUSETRAP' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY THEOPHILUS MURCOTT, NO. 7025
A RARE T. MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 20-BORE 'MOUSETRAP' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY THEOPHILUS MURCOTT, NO. 7025

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A RARE T. MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 20-BORE 'MOUSETRAP' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY THEOPHILUS MURCOTT, NO. 7025
Incorporating T. Murcott hammerless patent No. 1003 of 1871, the snap-action underlever-cocking action with patent lever safety and additional grip safety, best engraving of foliate-scrolls with bouquets of flower heads, highly-figured stock with butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 5lb. 9oz., 13in. pull, 29in. barrels, proof exemption

拍品专文

This gun, the only small-bore variant of the first 'hammerless' gun to have passed through these Rooms for at least twenty years, remains a particularly fine example of its type