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A note stuck to a box containing card wads names the owner as Major B.D. Court Treatt, R.A.
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COGSWELL & HARRISON, 142 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1880-81
Details
A FINE 3-BORE BREECH-LOADING PUNT GUN IN TRANSIT CHEST WITH COMPANION CHESTS AND ACCESSORIES
COGSWELL & HARRISON, 142 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1880-81
With 73 ¼ in. (186 cm.) barrel with grey painted finish and trunnions, grey painted hinged breech-block action of Snider type, and short wooden tiller butt, weight 96 lbs, in wooden transit case containing cleaning rod and cartridge extractor; together with wooden companion magazine containing brass powder-canister, cartridges and loading tools; and wooden accessories chest containing shot tins, heads for the cleaning rod, and cushion for the punt
COGSWELL & HARRISON, 142 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1880-81
With 73 ¼ in. (186 cm.) barrel with grey painted finish and trunnions, grey painted hinged breech-block action of Snider type, and short wooden tiller butt, weight 96 lbs, in wooden transit case containing cleaning rod and cartridge extractor; together with wooden companion magazine containing brass powder-canister, cartridges and loading tools; and wooden accessories chest containing shot tins, heads for the cleaning rod, and cushion for the punt
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