Lot 116
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A MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 12-BORE NON-EJECTOR GUN BY T. MURCOTT, No. 6458, underlever-cocking action, patent lever-safety, best bouquet and scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock (cracked through the hand) with extension and wooden insert at the face, bolted forend, rebrowned damascus barrels with broad rib

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A MURCOTT 1871 PATENT 12-BORE NON-EJECTOR GUN BY T. MURCOTT, No. 6458, underlever-cocking action, patent lever-safety, best bouquet and scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock (cracked through the hand) with extension and wooden insert at the face, bolted forend, rebrowned damascus barrels with broad rib
15in. pull, 31in. barrels, proof exemption (sold as unsuitable for use) ]

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'Murcott's Mousetrap', built on Murcott patent No. 1003 of 1871, was the first commercially successful hammerless gun and as such holds a position of considerable importance in the history of the sporting gun ]

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