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AN UNUSUAL 38-BORE PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN FOR A BOY
BY JOHN HARVEY, EXETER, NO. 3042, CIRCA 1830
With browned twist barrel, case-hardened patent breech with platinum line and engraved screw-in plug, case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrollwork and a dog's head, rounded signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved blued iron mounts with a partridge on the bow of the trigger-guard, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish, Birmingham proof marks
18 7/8in. barrel
BY JOHN HARVEY, EXETER, NO. 3042, CIRCA 1830
With browned twist barrel, case-hardened patent breech with platinum line and engraved screw-in plug, case-hardened tang finely engraved with scrollwork and a dog's head, rounded signed scroll engraved case-hardened back-action lock, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, finely engraved blued iron mounts with a partridge on the bow of the trigger-guard, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish, Birmingham proof marks
18 7/8in. barrel