BY JOSEPH MANTON, LONDON, NO. 1872 FOR 1802
Details
A 14-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Joseph Manton, London, No. 1872 for 1802
With rebrowned twist sighted barrel fitted with later competition sights, the breech section octagonal then polygonal, case-hardened patent breech with gold line and gold-lined maker's mark, gold-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with a martial trophy, signed engraved flat case-hardened lock with roller and rainproof pan, the steel with safety vent, figured walnut half-stock (butt extended), chequered grip, engraved blued iron trigger-guard and rear ramrod-pipe, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and brass-mounted ramrod with worm, London proof marks
34 1/8in. (86.6cm.) barrel
This gun has been restocked with a modern butt-plate, probably at the beginning of this century
By Joseph Manton, London, No. 1872 for 1802
With rebrowned twist sighted barrel fitted with later competition sights, the breech section octagonal then polygonal, case-hardened patent breech with gold line and gold-lined maker's mark, gold-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with a martial trophy, signed engraved flat case-hardened lock with roller and rainproof pan, the steel with safety vent, figured walnut half-stock (butt extended), chequered grip, engraved blued iron trigger-guard and rear ramrod-pipe, silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end cap, and brass-mounted ramrod with worm, London proof marks
34 1/8in. (86.6cm.) barrel
This gun has been restocked with a modern butt-plate, probably at the beginning of this century
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons, p. 233
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons, p. 87
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons, p. 87