Product Details
ARMY & NAVY C.S.L.
A SCARCE 12-BORE "THE JUNGLE GUN" BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR SHOT AND BALL GUN, serial no. 25808, with extra barrels, no. 112.3,
circa 1900, 28in. nitro barrels with file cut sight rib, two folding leaf sights marked 50 and 100, bead fore-sight, the rib engraved 'THE JUNGLE GUN', the tubes with 'ARMY & NAVY C.S.L. LONDON', full length shallow rifling with progressive twist, 2 1/2in. chambers; later additional 27in. nitro shot barrels (dated for 1935), the rib engraved 'NEW BARRELS BY R. BLANTON. RINGWOOD.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/2 choke treble-grip action with removable striker discs, the toplever engraved 'PATENT', automatic safety with blue enamelled 'SAFE' detail, intercepting sears, fine border and acanthus scroll engraving with 'ARMY & NAVY C.S.L.', to the sides, retaining traces of original colour-hardening, 15 1/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock including 1in. ventilated rubber recoil pad, bolstered fore-end wood, weight 7lb. 2oz. (original barrels) and 6lb. 10oz. (extra barrels), in a canvas and leather hammergun case (distressed) initialled 'E.C.W.F.' in paint to the lid outer, together with a wood barrel case, the lid outer painted '24 MAJOR E. FOWLER 11 SIKHS'
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act