Product Details
S.A. LUIGI FRANCHI
A 12-BORE 'IMPERIALE MONTECARLO' SIDELOCK EJECTOR LIVE PIGEON GUN, serial no. 12277,
28 3/8in. Bohler Antinit-steel nitro chopperlump barrels with raised file cut rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 and full choke, action with short side-bolsters, manual safety, gold-washed removable striker discs, firing pins, cocking levers, extractor horn, lockpins and tumblers, articulated front trigger, the action, lockplates and furniture profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork interspersed with floral bouquets and ribbonwork, the underside with 'S.A. LUIGI FRANCHI BRESCIA', in unfurled ribbons, the action flats with the model designation, bright and blued finish overall, 14 1/4in. figured stock with sling swivels, 10in. fore-end with gold-washed Anson push rod components and ejectorwork, the wood finely inset in gold with a wreath and coronet, engraved 'IMPERIALE MONTECARLO', weight 6lb. 15oz., in its lightweight leather case
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act