NEW LOT ADDED Published: 9 Oct 2026
Fine Modern & Antique Guns - November 2026 : Sale A1126 Lot 1505
JOHN DICKSON & SON A SCARCE 20-BORE 'SKELETON ACTION' TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 3613,

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JOHN DICKSON & SON
A SCARCE 20-BORE 'SKELETON ACTION' TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 3613,
for 1880, 28in. nitro reproved damascus barrels (in 1963), the rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63 PRINCES STREET. EDINBURGH', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. choke in both, some external pits and rusting, Dickson 'skeleton' bar-in-wood action with carved percussion fences, W.M. Scott patent toplever and spindle, patent no. 2752 of 25th October 1875, use number 25205, fine acanthus scroll engraving, the lockplates with banners engraved 'JOHN', 'DICKSON', '& SON', the underside with a small celtic circle at the knuckle, 12 3/4in. stock (missing buttplate), fore-end with semi-concealed Anson pushrod, weight 5lb. 1oz.


Provenance: The makers records list the gun as a breech loading 20-bore 'skeleton' with 28in. barrels, sold on 24th January 1880



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Estimate £1,000-1,500

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act