Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2018 : Sale A0618 Lot 1623
BROWNING ARMS COMPANY A VRANCKEN-ENGRAVED 12-BORE MODEL P1-K SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 57376 S76,

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BROWNING ARMS COMPANY
A VRANCKEN-ENGRAVED 12-BORE 'MODEL P1-K' SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 57376 S76,
28in. nitro barrels with 7mm ventilated matt top-rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, hold-open toplever, automatic safety with integral barrel selector switch, gold-washed trigger, the action engraved with acanthus, oak leaf and acorn designs, with central gold-inlaid depictions of duck in flight, the left side signed 'VRANCKEN', 14 1/4in. highly-figured semi-pistolgrip stock (cracked through to rear of grip) including Browning buttplate, small crack to fore-end wood, weight 7lb. 2oz.,

Literature: The gun shows a striking resemblance (both in terms of the action and the figuring/features in the wood) to the example illustrated in 'The Browning Superposed - John M Browning's Last Legacy' by Ned Schwing in the final section of colour plates and may be the same gun

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Estimate £1,000-1,500

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