Sealed Bid Auction - June 2019 : Sale S0619 Lot 5301
GEORGE GIBBS 10-BORE PUSH-FORWARD UNDERLEVER TRIGGERPLATE ACTION HAMMERLESS NON-EJECTOR SHOTGUN, serial no. 12015,

Product Details

GEORGE GIBBS 10-BORE GIBBS & PITT 1873 PATENT PUSH-FORWARD UNDERLEVER TRIGGERPLATE ACTION HAMMERLESS NON-EJECTOR SHOTGUN, serial no. 12015, 30in. sleeved nitro barrels, the rib engraved 'GEORGE GIBBS. 29 CORN STREET. BRISTOL.', and with a flash of acanthus scrollwork at the breech-end, 2 5/8in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both, Gibbs and Pitt patent triggerplate action, use no. 276, side lever safety with gold-inlaid 'BOLTED' detail (at fault), gold-inlaid cocking indicators (left side missing gold-inlay), fine acanthus scroll and floral bouquet engraving, 14in. semi-pistolgrip stock (cracked and pinned), including buttplate, fore-end with horn-finial, weight 8lb. 8oz., in a brass-cornered oak and leather single guncase with W.W. Greener trade label

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Estimate £400-500

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