Lot Essay
The gun is an interesting 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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AN UNUSUAL D. BENTLEY 1884 PATENT 12-BORE SEMI-HAMMERLESS GUN BY AGNEW & SON, NO. 6228
Incorporating D. Bentley self-cocking semi-hammerless patent No. 17037 of 1884, patent use-number 955, the lockplates with curved slots to take the curved hammer heads, toplever, best foliate-scroll engraving, the bold damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 6oz., 14in. stock, 30in. barrels, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use
Incorporating D. Bentley self-cocking semi-hammerless patent No. 17037 of 1884, patent use-number 955, the lockplates with curved slots to take the curved hammer heads, toplever, best foliate-scroll engraving, the bold damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 6oz., 14in. stock, 30in. barrels, proof exemption, sold as unsuitable for use