Product Details
JOHN RIGBY & CO.
A 12-BORE 'CLASS B' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 16206,
27 1/2in. nitro reproved barrels (likely shortened), the rib engraved in gothic script 'JOHN RIGBY & CO. 72 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. & AT DUBLIN.', (faint) and 'B', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke, pitting internally and partially repaired minor bulge left tube, treble-grip action with removable striker discs, action number 2248, slender toplever, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, dipped-edge lockplates, bold acanthus scroll engraving with feathered bordering, retaining slight traces of colour-hardening, 15 1/8in. stock including 3/4in. wooden extension, fore-end with grip-catch release lever, weight 6lb. 8oz.
Provenance: An Authentification Certificate from the makers comes with this lot, kindly confirming their ledgers record the gun as:
Date Sold: March 16th 1894
Class B hammerless ejector
Sold to Col. Knox Browne
Weight 6lb. 11oz.
LOP 14 1/2"
The barrel length is not recorded
Lt Col. John Hervey Knox-Browne. B1843. N. Irish Division of the Royal Artillery. ADC to the Duke of Abercorn. Resided at Aughentaine Castle, Co. Tyrone.
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Estimate £600-800
(USD 777-1,037)
(EUR 666-888)
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S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act