拍品專文
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed circa 1882
細節
A GIBBS & PITT 1873 PATENT 12-BORE 'DESIDERATUM' SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY COGSWELL & HARRISON, NO. 11689
The action incorporating Gibbs & Pitt patent No. 284 of 1873, toplever-cocking action, reverse pull-back safety, the lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with horn butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 11½oz., 14 7/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof
In its brass-mounted and oak-lined leather case (handle defective)
The action incorporating Gibbs & Pitt patent No. 284 of 1873, toplever-cocking action, reverse pull-back safety, the lockplates inset with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with horn butt-plate, the browned fine damascus barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 11½oz., 14 7/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof
In its brass-mounted and oak-lined leather case (handle defective)
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