A MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 12-BORE SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY THEOPHILUS MURCOTT, NO. 6458

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A MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 12-BORE SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY THEOPHILUS MURCOTT, NO. 6458
Underlever-cocking action, patent lever safety, best foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock (cracked and repaired at the hand; large insert at the comb), the damascus barrels with broad rib
Weight 7lb. 8½oz., 15in. pull, 31in. barrels, both approx. cyl. (relieved), 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof

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'Murcott's Mousetrap' built on Murcott patent No. 1003 of 1871, was the first commercially successful hammerless gun and as such holds a position of considerable importance in the history of the sporting gun

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