Sealed Bid Auction - March 2020 : Sale S0320 Lot 5802
A WILLIAM POWELL & SON 1864 PATENT 12-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD LIFT-UP TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6651,

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A WILLIAM POWELL & SON 1864 PATENT 12-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD LIFT-UP TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6651, 30in. black powder only damascus barrels with broad rib engraved 'WILLIAM POWELL & SON 13, CARRS LANE, BIRMINGHAM.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, some pitting and dents, Powell patent lift-up toplever rotating single bolt snap-action, patent no. 1163 of 7th May 1864, use number 2193, bar-in-wood, carved teardrop fences, rebounding sidelocks with hammers of hare's-ear form, crosshatch border engraving, 14in. stock with steel buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch, some losses to edges of fore-end wood, weight 7lb.

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Estimate £600-800

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