EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A 20-Bore D.B. Percussion Sporting Gun
Early 19th Century
Rebuilt from flintlock, with browned twist sighted barrels, engraved case-hardened tang, case-hardened scroll engraved locks signed 'Sorby' (right hammer missing, left hammer incomplete), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved blued iron mounts, silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod (incomplete), Birmingham proof marks
31½in. (80cm.) barrels
Rebuilt by Charles Sorby, recorded in Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1840-42
Early 19th Century
Rebuilt from flintlock, with browned twist sighted barrels, engraved case-hardened tang, case-hardened scroll engraved locks signed 'Sorby' (right hammer missing, left hammer incomplete), figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved blued iron mounts, silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod (incomplete), Birmingham proof marks
31½in. (80cm.) barrels
Rebuilt by Charles Sorby, recorded in Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1840-42