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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1899 as the No.2 gun of a pair
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PARTS OF A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. RIGBY
The action, stock and forend of gun No. 16750
Rigby-Bissell patent rising third-bite, the dipped-edge lockplates with cocking-indicators, the fences carved with stylized acanthus leaves, best foliate-scroll engraving (rubbed), figured stock
14.5/8in. stock
The action, stock and forend of gun No. 16750
Rigby-Bissell patent rising third-bite, the dipped-edge lockplates with cocking-indicators, the fences carved with stylized acanthus leaves, best foliate-scroll engraving (rubbed), figured stock
14.5/8in. stock