Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 316
BUSSEY, LONDON A RARE, EARLY TARGET-TRAP SYSTEM, MODEL BUSSEYS PATENT GYRO-PIGEON,

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BUSSEY, LONDON
A RARE, EARLY TARGET-TRAP SYSTEM, MODEL 'BUSSEY'S PATENT GYRO-PIGEON',
circa 1880, the launching device fitted with a large screw-piece for mounting into wood or hard ground, the top designed to take a cocking bar which when wound tensions an internal clock-spring (at fault) against a trigger which when released will cause the top to rotate at speed, launching a twin winged tin target, complete with approximately 28 tin targets, each embossed with 'BUSSEY PATENTEE, PECKHAM, LONDON'



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Estimate £200-300