Product Details
A SCARCE WM. MOORE & GREY 16-BORE 1865 PATENT ROTARY-UNDERLEVER MANUAL COCKING HAMMER / HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN, serial no. 2273, circa 1860, likely converted from muzzle-loading, 24 1/4in. black powder only damascus barrels, the rib engraved 'WILLIAM MOORE & GREY. 43 OLD BOND STREET. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, action incorporating F.H. Grey 'enclosed firing pin' design, patent no. 2743 of 24th October 1865, with back-action locks with replacement non-rebounding external cocking levers / hammers, removable striker bar, border and acanthus scroll engraving surrounding naive game-scenes, bright finish, 14 1/4in. pull including steel buttplate, fore-end with cross-pin release catch, weight 6lb. 8oz., together with a proof exemption certificate dated 22.03.1979
Other Notes: This Lot is sold with a Proof Exemption Certificate as not serviceable. It should not be fired
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Estimate £150-200
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act