A DAW 'IMPROVED' SCHNEIDER 1860 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY G. H. DAW, NO. 737

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A DAW 'IMPROVED' SCHNEIDER 1860 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY G. H. DAW, NO. 737
The patent action incorporating a snap-action underlever and a double rolled-edge triggerguard, non-rebounding backlocks, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with engraved heel-and toe-plates, the heel-plate concealing a spare set of strikers and extractor, elongated top-and bottom-straps, cast-on for the left shoulder, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 14¾in. stock, 30in. barrels, approx. cyl. & I.C. (relieved) choke, 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof

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拍品专文

Gun No. 737 provides a fine example of G. H. Daw's improvement on F. E. Schneider patent No. 1487 of 1861 which was one of the most significant developments in the history of breech-loading gun. Daw, appreciating the ingenuity of the combination of the centre-fire principle with the automatically bolted breech-loading gun, went on to improve the design, as here, with an underlever/triggerguard catch, a strengthening of the hinge-pin via a transverse bar in the action-bar, and sprung strikers and an extractor-stop