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§ ** VERNEY CARRON
A GONTEL-ENGRAVED 9.3X74R 'ELOGE' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED BOXLOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. A917,
for 2009, 21 7/8in. nitro barrels, feathered-engraved sight rib with high visibility open sights and quickly-detachable telescopic sight mount bases, feathered-engraved ramp-mounted high visibility bead fore-sight, acanthus scroll detailing to the breech ends, triple hook action with side bolsters, pierced hold-open toplever, removable striker discs, elongated top strap with manual safety, double rolled-edge triggerguard, the action bar engraved with a portrait of a wild boar and a stag, the underside gold-inlaid with a roe buck, the decorative sideplates with scenes of boar and stag fighting and with gold highlights, the triggerguard signed 'Gontel - 09', the triggerguard tang engraved in script 'Atelier Verney-Carron Azur St-Etienne', 14 3/4in. highly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, engraved steel pistolgrip-cap gold monogrammed 'JM', engraved skeletal steel buttplate, sculpted fore-end, weight 7lb. 2oz., in its leather case (provision for telescopic sight) and original proof certificate
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Estimate £4,000-6,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act