Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 726
THOMAS HORSLEY A 12-BORE PINFIRE 1863 NO.2 PATENT PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SNAP-ACTION BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1264,

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THOMAS HORSLEY
A 12-BORE PINFIRE 1863 'NO.2 PATENT' PULL-BACK TOPLEVER SNAP-ACTION BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1264,
circa 1864, 30in. damascus barrels, rib engraved 'THOMAS HORSLEY. MAKER. YORK. PATENT', bar-in-wood, Horsley No.2 patent pull-back toplever engraved 'PATENT', patent no. 2410 of 1st October 1863, non-rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers of pinfire form, 14 1/4in. stock including partially engraved steel buttplate, weight 7lb. 8oz.

Provenance: The vendor informs us that this gun was completed in 1864 for a Rev. G.G. Lloyd



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Estimate £600-800

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament