Sealed Bid Auction - July 2018 : Sale S0718 Lot 5803
THOMAS HORSELY 12-BORE 1863 PATENT PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SNAP-ACTION BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 2207,

Product Details

THOMAS HORSELY 12-BORE 1863 PATENT PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SNAP-ACTION BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 2207, 30in. black powder only damascus barrels (pitted and dented), the rib engraved 'THOMAS HORSELY & SON. MAKERS. YORK. PATENT 2410 & 1138.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, Horsley patent action incorporating barrel bolting patent No. 2410 of 1st October 1863 and retracting striker patent No. 1138 of 17th April 1867, carved teardrop fences, rebounding sidelocks with carved hammers, the breasts of the hammers with spurs operating striker retracting cams, border engraving, 14 1/4ni. stock, weight 7lb. 2oz.

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Estimate £400-600

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