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DARNE
A SCARCE LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'V20' SPRING-LOADED SLIDING-BREECH EJECTOR, serial no. QQ147,
circa 1930, 27 5/8in. (70cm) nitro monobloc barrels with sunken matt rib and no bottom rib, replacement plastic bead fore-sight, triple proof with ten punch marks, acanthus scroll detailing at the breech ends, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and full choke, sprung sliding-breech with converging obturator discs, carved leaf fences, engraved button barrel release, manual side-safety with gold-inlaid 'F' and 'S' details, finely engraved with acanthus scrolls and floral bouquets with some beaded bordering, bright finish overall, 15 1/8in. stock with sling aperture and including 1in. leather covered recoil pad, fore-end with horn finial, weight 5lb. 10oz., in a vinyl case

Provenance: The Lot comes with a variety of printed material relating to Darne guns, mostly marked with the trade stamp of J.G.L. Piveteau (at one time sole concessionaire for Darne Guns in the UK) and also including a typed out reproduction of an article published in the Shooting Times in 1964 by Gough Thomas about Darne guns - and the letter sent in response to the editor of the Shooting Times by J.G.L. Piveteau



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Estimate £1,000-1,500

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

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