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A MAUSER 7.63MM 'LARGE RING HAMMER TRANSITIONAL' SELF-LOADING 'BROOMHANDLE' PISTOL, NO. 13303
The barrel engraved 'G. Hinton, Fore St. Taunton' and the left-hand side of the frame, inscribed ' J. Mortimer 7721.25 I.Y.', with long extractor, dovetailed firing pin, the pinned rear-sight graduated from 50 to 500, early trigger, with 23-groove wooden grips
5½in. barrel, German contemporary proof
In a contemporary wooden shoulder-stock holster (No. 10680)
The barrel engraved 'G. Hinton, Fore St. Taunton' and the left-hand side of the frame, inscribed ' J. Mortimer 7721.25 I.Y.', with long extractor, dovetailed firing pin, the pinned rear-sight graduated from 50 to 500, early trigger, with 23-groove wooden grips
5½in. barrel, German contemporary proof
In a contemporary wooden shoulder-stock holster (No. 10680)
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