Product Details
A SCARCE 12-BORE (PINFIRE) EARLY VARIANT 1860 PATENT 'LOCKFAST' SLIDE-AND-TILT SIDELEVER DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE BY J.D. DOUGALL, serial no. 2201,
circa 1865, 26in. bold damascus barrels with starburst detailing around the pinfire apertures, broad matt rib with banner engraved 'J.D. DOUGALL. INVENTOR, & PATENTEE, 59 ST. JAMES'S ST. LONDON.', open sights and scroll-engraved folding leaf sights marked 100, 150 and 200, bead fore-sight, Dougall 'lockfast' patent action, patent no. 1128 of 7th May 1860, with rearward facing push-down large d-ring sidelever with side retaining catch (tail missing), carved serpentine fences, action face with protruding bosses with brass-lined vents, standing breech with further cylindrical stud (engages with a recess in lump), non-rebounding back-action locks with finely engraved bolted carved hammers, best border and fine scroll engraving, the action flats with 'PATENT LOCKFAST', the underside with a scrolling banner engraved 'J.D. DOUGALL'S PATENT LOCKFAST', 15in. figured pistolgrip stock with engraved steel pistolgrip-cap, sling eyes and including steel buttplate with matted finish and ropework bordering, fore-end with crosspin release, weight 10lb. 6oz., in its oak-lined leather case with gold-tooled trade label and various associated pinfire reloading tools including a Greenfield (London) patent brass 12-bore ball mould (numbered 2148), the lid outer initialled 'J. L. W. SCALBY YORKS'
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Estimate £2,000-3,000
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament