A RARE C. LANCASTER PATENT 14-BORE BASE-FIRE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 3009

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A RARE C. LANCASTER PATENT 14-BORE BASE-FIRE HAMMER GUN BY C. LANCASTER, NO. 3009
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, well-figured stock with engraved iron butt-plate, the browned bold damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 30in. 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. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price

拍品专文

Lancaster base-fire guns are rare and this is the second 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 base-fire 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 circa 1857