Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 917
WIER & WILLETT, BIRKENHEAD A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number,

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WIER & WILLETT, BIRKENHEAD
A 12-BORE PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1875, with 29in. re-browned damascus barrels, the top-rib signed 'WIER & WILLETT GUNMAKERS BIRKENHEAD' together with 'LAMINATED STEEL BARRELS' (rubbed), traces of scroll engraving to rib-end and around the pin sockets, fully border and scroll engraved long top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed 'WIER & WILLETT', straight hand walnut butt-stock chequered at the wrist, engraved iron toe and heel-plates, border and scroll engraved trigger-guard and tang, border and scroll engraved rounded bodied action with side-lever opening and chequered splinter fore-end with horn tip (small losses to fore-end wood).

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Estimate £300-500