Product Details
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 1887 PATENT 'ROUND ACTION' TRIGGERPLATE-ACTION EJECTORS, serial no. 5460 / 1,
29in. nitro chopperlump barrels, sunken ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' at the breech ends and engraved 'JOHN DICKSON & SON. 63 PRINCES STREET. BIRMINGHAM.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke, Dickson patent treble-grip round-actions incorporating patents 9399 and 10621 of 1887, use numbers 980 and 981, automatic safeties with gold 'SAFE' details, profusely engraved with fine acanthus scrollwork, retaining very slight traces of original colour-hardening, 14in. figured stocks (swept at combs), No.2 with minor crack at hand, fore-ends silver-inlaid '1' and '2', weight 6lb. We are kindly informed by the makers that this pair were completed in 1902 as 'best quality' with 29in. barrels for Major Bethune.
Provenance: Major E.C. bethune was a progressive and well-thought of officer with the 16th Lancers and served in the Second Boer War.
Estimate £15,000-20,000
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