Product Details
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTORS, serial no. 4354 / 5,
28in. sleeved nitro barrels (circa 1984), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke (No.1) and 1/4 and 3/4 choke (No.2), left wall thicknesses below recommended minimum, Dickson patent round-actions incorporating patents 9399 and 10621 of 1887, use numbers 305 and 306, toplevers engraved '1' and '2', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, gold pin cocking-indicators, profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork and with the makers name in scrolling banners, brushed finish, 14 5/8in. figured stocks including 3/4in. wooden extensions (No.2 cracked and repaired at hand), the fore-ends inlaid in silver '1' and '2', weight 6lb. 2oz., in their brass-cornered oak and leather case with gold-tooled red card trade label with 63 Princes Street address
Provenance: The makers records list the guns as having been made originally with 30in. barrels and completed on the 10th July 1890
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Estimate £6,000-8,000 € 6,658-8,877
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act