Product Details
CHARLIN
A 16-BORE 'CHARLIN AUTOMATIQUE' SLIDING-BREECH NON-EJECTOR, serial no. 39274,
25 1/2in. nitro barrels, the action and barrel flats both marked with four doves, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 3/4 choke, manual side-safety lever, permanently attached fore-end with barrel release button on the underside, sliding breech face with six locking lugs, fences deeply carved with floral and foliate motifs, the action with scenes of hound and fowl, the triggerguard gold-embossed with 'DG' intertwined, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 15 1/2in. highly-figured stock including 2 1/2in. wooden extension, escutcheon engraved with a portrait of a pheasant, weight 6lb. 2oz.
Estimate £1,000-1,500
S2