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A CASED 16-BORE D.B. PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN
BY BENJAMIN RAPER, LEEDS, CIRCA 1826-30
With rebrowned twist barrels signed on the rib, patent breeches engraved with a pheasant at the centre and each with gold line and screw-in plug, silver fore-sight, scroll engraved case-hardened tang, signed scroll engraved locks, the hammers each with detachable striker, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved iron mounts, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-tipped ramrod: in contemporary fitted mahogany case lined in green velvet, with accessories (trade label removed from lid), the exterior inscribed with the original owner's name, and with flush-fitting carrying handle, Birmingham proof marks
28¼in. barrels
