Main Sale - March 2012 : Sale A1062 Lot 512
A 22-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED COOPER, no visible serial number,

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A 22-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN SIGNED COOPER, no visible serial number,
converted from flintlock by drum and nipple, with 23 1/2in. barrels, applied nickel fore-sight, the top-rib with scroll engraving for approximately 4 1/2in. near the hooked breech, flat bevel-edged locks signed 'COOPER' with stepped tails (one hammer a crude copy), walnut half-stock with applied silver oval at the wrist, dot and checker-board chequering to wrist, iron heel-plate swelling at the toe, large engraved trigger-guard with scrolled pistol-grip tang, pineapple finial, iron ramrod throat and pipe, made without under-rib, missing ramrod (some light corrosion to iron surfaces, inlet repairs around right-hand lock)
Estimate £200-300