Product Details
THOMAS HORSLEY
A 10-BORE (2 5/8IN.) 1863 PATENT PULL-BACK TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 2060,
28 1/2in. bold damascus barrels (shortened), rib engraved 'THOMAS HORSLEY & SON. MAKER. YORK. PATENT 2410 & 1138', 2 5/8in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, T. Horsley patent action incorporating Horsley patent pull back toplever, patent no. 2410 of 1st October 1863 and Horsley patent retracting strikers (late variant ), patent no. 1138 of 17th April 1867, strikers and nipples missing, rounded bar-in-wood, rebounding sidelocks with cammed dolphin hammers, border engraving, brushed finish overall, 14 1/8in. well-figured stock including steel buttplate, weight 8lb. 9oz.
Provenance: The gun was completed circa 1872
Estimate £800-1,200