Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2014 : Sale A0614 Lot 1420 - S2
JOHN DICKSON & SON A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTOR, serial no. 4547,

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JOHN DICKSON & SON
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTOR, serial no. 4547,
27in. replacement nitro chopperlump barrels (by the makers), rib engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 32 HANOVER STREET. EDINBURGH.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, Dickson patent round-action incorporating patents 9399 and 10621 of 1887, use number 425, toplever engraved '2', automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, action and furniture profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork and with the makers name in scrolling banners, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 14 1/2in. figured replacement stock including 3/4in. wooden extension, fore-end finely inlaid with a silver '2', weight 5lb. 12oz.

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed on the 23rd September 1892 for a 'J. B. Wilkie' with 30in. barrels

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Estimate £4,000-6,000

S2