Fine Modern & Antique Arms - June 2021 : Sale A0621 Lot 1806
WILLIAM POWELL & SON A 12-BORE 1864 PATENT BAR-IN-WOOD LIFT-UP TOPLEVER ROTATING SINGLE BOLT SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 5083,

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WILLIAM POWELL & SON
A 12-BORE 1864 PATENT BAR-IN-WOOD LIFT-UP TOPLEVER ROTATING SINGLE BOLT SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 5083,
circa 1873, 30 1/8in. black powder reproved damascus barrels, the rib engraved 'WILLIAM POWELL & SON. 13 CARRS LANE. BIRMINGHAM.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. choke in both, action incorporating William Powell patent lift-up toplever, patent no. 1163 of 7th May 1864, use number 1368, carved percussion fences, broad strikers, bar-in-wood, rebounding sidelocks with flat sided hammers, border engraving, 14 1/4in. stock including steel buttplate (crack at hand), fore-end with cross-pin release catch and horn finial (chipped), weight 7lb. 1oz.



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Estimate £500-700

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