Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 1598
F. GATES A 10-BORE WALKERS PATENT PERPENDICULAR OSCILLATING SNAP SPORTING GUN SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 985,

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F. GATES
A 10-BORE WALKER'S 'PATENT PERPENDICULAR OSCILLATING SNAP SPORTING GUN' SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 985,
28 1/2in. nitro reproved damascus barrels (shortened), broad rib engraved 'F. GATES. MAKER. MARKET HEAD. DERBY.', 89mm chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, action incorporating H. Walker's patent No. 445 of 1872, use No. 1024, carved percussion fences, rebounding back-action locks, beaded border and acanthus scroll engraving, 15in. stock including 1 1/4in. rubber recoil pad, repair at fore-end finial, weight 8lb. 7oz.

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Estimate £600-800

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act