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August 2024 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0824 Lot 7296C
THE STOCK, ACTION AND FORE-END ONLY OF A PURDEY 12-BORE 1863 PATENT (FIRST PATTERN) THUMBHOLE-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6915,

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THE STOCK, ACTION AND FORE-END ONLY OF A PURDEY 12-BORE 1863 PATENT (FIRST PATTERN) THUMBHOLE-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 6915, for 1865, carved percussion fences, non-rebounding back-action locks, in a canvas 'violin' guncase

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun was completed in 1865 for J.P. Foster



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Estimate £250-350

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

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