Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2013 : Sale A190913 Lot 540
A RARE AND UNUSUAL 54-BORE PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING GUN, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,

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A RARE AND UNUSUAL 54-BORE PERCUSSION CAPPING BREECH-LOADING SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING GUN, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
circa 1870, possibly built to a variation of Cooper's Patent, with tapering round 33 1/2in. barrel, flat sighting plane with bead fore-sight, octagonal breech with fenced nipple, lift-up breech with toggle-action loading plunger, borderline engraved bar-action lock with central panel of scroll engraving, en-suite hammer, rounded stepped tail, walnut straight-hand half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron heel-plate with blind central trap-door, iron borderline and scroll engraved trigger-guard tang and bow, rounded horn fore-end tip

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Estimate £700-900