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The gun is of superlative quality and appears to have been relatively little used
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A FINE 8-BORE (3¼IN) 'THE PREMIER QUALITY' DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMER WILDFOWLING-GUN BY W. & C. SCOTT, NO. 10793
The rebounding sidelocks with ornately-carved hammers, toplever, percussion fences with broad-headed strikers, the lockplates engraved with fine game-scenes amid best foliate-scrollwork, with much hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, carved horn pistolgrip-cap and horn butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with broad rib
Weight 13lb. 11oz., 14in. pull, 34in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 3¼in. chambers, Black Powder proof
The rebounding sidelocks with ornately-carved hammers, toplever, percussion fences with broad-headed strikers, the lockplates engraved with fine game-scenes amid best foliate-scrollwork, with much hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, carved horn pistolgrip-cap and horn butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with broad rib
Weight 13lb. 11oz., 14in. pull, 34in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 3¼in. chambers, Black Powder proof