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This is a rare example of a special-order flintlock for a sportsman of the old school. Apart from the ignition system it has all the characteristics of a percussion gun
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AN UNUSUAL 7-BORE FLINTLOCK WILDFOWLING GUN
BY J. BLANCH & SON, 29 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, NO. 3830, CIRCA 1850-60
With twist sighted barrel signed in full at the breech within a finely engraved ribbon of elaborate rocailles and scrollwork, finely engraved recessed patent breech with gold-lined touch-hole, finely engraved tang, signed flat bevelled lock densely engraved with scrollwork and with stepped tail, roller, and gold-lined V-shaped rainproof pan (top jaw and screw replaced), figured walnut half-stock (fore-end repaired), chequered grip and fore-end, finely engraved iron mounts, grip safety-catch in the tang of the trigger-guard, gold escutcheon, engraved iron barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod (iron parts with areas of light pitting), London proof marks
44¼in. barrel
BY J. BLANCH & SON, 29 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, NO. 3830, CIRCA 1850-60
With twist sighted barrel signed in full at the breech within a finely engraved ribbon of elaborate rocailles and scrollwork, finely engraved recessed patent breech with gold-lined touch-hole, finely engraved tang, signed flat bevelled lock densely engraved with scrollwork and with stepped tail, roller, and gold-lined V-shaped rainproof pan (top jaw and screw replaced), figured walnut half-stock (fore-end repaired), chequered grip and fore-end, finely engraved iron mounts, grip safety-catch in the tang of the trigger-guard, gold escutcheon, engraved iron barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod (iron parts with areas of light pitting), London proof marks
44¼in. barrel