Fine Modern & Antique Guns - April 2026 : Sale A0426 Lot 1482
* JOHN DICKSON & SON A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND-ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTOR, serial no. 4824,

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* JOHN DICKSON & SON
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND-ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTOR, serial no. 4824,
for 1896, 29in. nitro reproved barrels, the rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63 PRINCES STREET. EDINBURGH' and '1', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/4 choke, Dickson patent round-action incorporating patents 9399 and 10621 of 1887, use number 585, carved foliate fences, the toplever engraved '1', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork, the makers name in scrolling banners to the sides, 14 1/8in. figured stock, the fore-end wood inlaid with '1', weight 6lb. 5oz., in a leather case


Provenance: The makers records list the gun as having been sold on 29th July 1896 with 29in. barrels

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Estimate £3,000-5,000

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