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A RARE C. LANCASTER PATENT 14-BORE BASE-FIRE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 3023
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A RARE C. LANCASTER PATENT 14-BORE BASE-FIRE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 3023

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A RARE C. LANCASTER PATENT 14-BORE BASE-FIRE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 3023
The broad base-fire strikers with fine striking points, C. Lancaster patent rotary-underlever slide-and tilt-action, non-rebounding backlocks, the C-scroll hammers with spurs of hare's-ear form, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with engraved butt-plate, the browned bold damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 15½oz., 14¼in. pull, 31in. barrels, proof and certification exempt
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Lancaster base-fire guns are rare and this is the first example to have passed through these rooms in almost twenty years. The design was one of the earliest self-contained cartridge innovations of the mid-nineteenth century and it is understood that the cartridge was devoid of any type of priming-cap. A blow on any part of the base of the cartridge would ignite a flash which was communicated to the main charge by means of four flash holes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1858