Product Details
CHARLES BOSWELL (LONDON)
A 12-BORE SIDELEVER HAMMER PIGEON GUN, serial no. 33255,
pre 1887, 31in. black powder only barrels with broad file cut rib, the tubes engraved 'CHARLES BOSWELL. MAKER. 126. STRAND. LONDON. W.C.', 'MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID COMPRESSED STEEL', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 choke in both, right wall thickness below recommended minimum, some pitting and bulges, possibly slightly shortened, treble-grip action with side-clips, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers, fine acanthus scroll engraving with game scene vignettes of hound and fowl, the top tang with a pigeon perched on a branch, 13 3/4in. well-figured stock, weight 7lb.
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Estimate £500-700
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act