Product Details
JOSEPH LANG & SON
A RARE 12-BORE PHILLIPS PATENT 'VENA CONTRACTA' SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 8236, with extra barrels,
for 1899, 30in. nitro reproved Phillips patent barrels, patent No. 11,828 of 1893 whereby the barrels are are made of diminishing internal diameter from 12-bore the chamber to approx. 20-bore at the muzzle, the rib engraved 'JOSEPH LANG & SON. 10. PALL MALL. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke;
extra 28in. sleeved nitro barrels, the rib engraved 'P. WEBLEY & SON. 78. SHAFTESBURY AVENUE. LONDON.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke;
treble-grip action with carved stylised acanthus leaf fences, removable striker discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, border and acanthus scroll engraving, brushed finish, 13 3/4in. figured stock including 1/2in. extension, weight 6lb. 2oz. (Vena Contracta barrels) 6lb. 5oz. (sleeved barrels)
Provenance: The makers have kindly informed us that this shotgun was completed in 1899 but the records do not show for whom it was built.
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act