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JOHN DICKSON & SON
A RARE 12-BORE LIGHTWEIGHT 'THE EDINBURGH' EASY-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 7658,
for 1967 and one of only seven made by A.A. Brown & Sons for Dickson's, 28in. nitro barrels, the rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. GUNMAKERS. EDINBURGH.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, action incorporating Edwin Smith patent easy-opening system, patent no. 372035 of 19th March 1931, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, rolled-edge triggerguard, fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the lockplates signed 'JOHN DICKSON & SON', retaining traces of colour-hardening and finish, 14 5/8in. figured stock (cast on for the left shoulder) including 1in. wooden extension, weight 6lb. 5oz., in its brass-cornered leather case
Provenance: The makers records list the gun as a '12-bore hammerless ejector, 28in. sidelock, Edinburgh' and was sold on the 7th September 1967 at a cost of £621.5s'
Literature: In his definitive book 'John Dickson & Son: The Round Action Gunmaker' in his examination of the Post War concentration on boxlock guns over the classic round action, he mentions the Edinburgh gun being a resurrection of the old Dickson sidelock, built for Dickson's by A.A. Brown. He states 'few were sold, only 7 such guns between the first, no. 7654 of April 1965 and the last, no. 7698 of August 1972'
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act