Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 1800
WILKINSON & SON A SCARCE HARVEY 1866 PATENT 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6251,

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WILKINSON & SON

A SCARCE HARVEY 1866 PATENT 12-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6251,
30in. nitro reproved bold damascus barrels (in 1998), rib engraved 'WILKINSON & SON. GUN MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY, PALL MALL. LONDON.' and with scrollwork at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, wall thicknesses well below recommended minimum, action incorporating Charles Harvey patent retractable strikers, patent no. 1793 of 7th July 1866, use number 131, Jones patent rotary-underlever, non-rebounding sidelocks with carved hammers, white metal inlaid indicator lines, fine acanthus scroll engraving with feathered bordering, the standing breech engraved 'WILKINSON'S No. 131 PATENT. 1866.', 14 3/8in. well-figured stock including steel buttplate, possible repair at hand, 'Wilkinson's patent Lever Fore End' (small loss to wood at knuckle), weight 7lb. 6oz.

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Estimate £300-500  € 333-555

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