拍品 175
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A RARE FIELD'S PATENT 4-BORE (4IN) SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMER FALLING-BLOCK WILDFOWLING-GUN, No. 1057, patent number 1927 of 1877, the push-forward falling-breech hammer-cocking action with bolted side-safety lever, the massive falling-block action with foliate-scroll engraved borderwork and nickel-plated finish, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, recoil-pad and provision for a breeching-rope, the browned twist barrel with breech-flat and open-sight

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A RARE FIELD'S PATENT 4-BORE (4IN) SINGLE-BARRELLED HAMMER FALLING-BLOCK WILDFOWLING-GUN, No. 1057, patent number 1927 of 1877, the push-forward falling-breech hammer-cocking action with bolted side-safety lever, the massive falling-block action with foliate-scroll engraved borderwork and nickel-plated finish, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, recoil-pad and provision for a breeching-rope, the browned twist barrel with breech-flat and open-sight
Weight 16lb. 3½oz., 14 1/8in. pull, 39in. barrel, approx. ¾ choke, 4in. chamber, Black Powder proof
In a wooden case

拍品專文

The Field patent falling-block action is most commonly found on rifles and W.W. Greener, in The Gun and its Development observed that 'the mechanism has proved efficient in arms of all sizes from .320 to .577 Express'. Unlike most other falling-block actions, the lever is pushed forward to depress the breech-block and cock the hammer. It is not known how many smooth-bore guns were built with this action, but it is most unusual to encounter a wildfowling-gun built in this way.