Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 1853
THOMAS HORSLEY A 12-BORE 1863 NO.2 PATENT PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1324,

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THOMAS HORSLEY
A 12-BORE 1863 'NO.2 PATENT' PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SINGLE-BITE SNAP-ACTION HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1324,
for 1865, 28 3/4in. nitro reproved damascus barrels (in 2007), rib engraved 'THOMAS HORSLEY. MAKER. YORK. PATENT 2410', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. in both, Horsley patent bar-in-wood action incorporating barrel bolting patent No. 2410 of 1st October 1863, carved percussion fences, rebounding sidelocks with carved dolphin hammers, border and acanthus scroll engraving, brushed finish, 14in. stock including steel buttplate, weight 6lb. 9oz., in its makers oak and leather case

Provenance: We have kindly been informed that this gun was completed in 1865 for Captain Dalton

Other Notes: This Lot is accompanied by a copy of 'Thomas Horsley - Gunmaker of York' by David J. Baker, signed by the author



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Estimate £600-800

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act