Lot Essay
The gun is sold as unsuitable for use as the left barrel is now unduly thin
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A RARE JEFFRIES 1862 SECOND PATENT SIDE-OPENING 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY J. WILSON, NO.353
Rotary-underlever, rebounding sidelocks, percussion fences, border engraving, figured half-stock with butt-plate, cast-on for the left shoulder, the rebrowned damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight, 7lb. ½oz., 14¼in. pull, 30in. barrels, Black Powder reproof (left barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
Rotary-underlever, rebounding sidelocks, percussion fences, border engraving, figured half-stock with butt-plate, cast-on for the left shoulder, the rebrowned damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight, 7lb. ½oz., 14¼in. pull, 30in. barrels, Black Powder reproof (left barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)