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G. JEFFRIES
A FINE AND RARE JEFFRIES 1862 (SECOND PATENT) 12-BORE SIDE-OPENING UNDERLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMERGUN, serial no. 346,
29 1/2in. nitro reproved bold damascus barrels, rib engraved ''G. JEFFRIES. ORFORD HILL. NORWICH, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, George Jeffries patent 'new centre fire side motion breech-loading' action, patent no. 3300 of 9th December 1862, use number 346, forward mounted rotary-underlever, carved serpentine fences, bolstered cam bolt housing, bar-in-wood, rebounding sidelocks with carved c-scroll hammers, the action, lockplates and furniture finely engraved with scrolling acanthus motifs, internally the cam-bolt housing, rotating forked arm and fore-end iron engraved similarly, replacement barrel release cam lever, the fore-end with scroll engraved lanciform pivot pin backing plate, 13 5/8in. well-figured stock with engraved steel heel and toe plates, weight 6lb. 13oz..
Other Notes: The second patent 'side motion' gun was well regarded in its day as being a close competitor to the drop down snap-action guns being developed at the time and can certainly be regarded as the most commercially successful side-opening gun in the United Kingdom. The design won a gold medal for 'excellency of workmanship and construction' at the 1870 Workman's Exhibition and Jeffries produced them for a period of nearly ten years. His robust advertising campaign for his invention cited the gun as having 'Five times the resisting surface of any double grip drop guns, Two hard pieces of tempered steel working together in the vital parts never before attained. Quick as any snap gun. The only sporting breech loader invented in Great Britain. It can be made to use either pin or central fire combined.'
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Estimate £3,000-5,000
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