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COGSWELL & HARRISON, LONDON A SCARCE 12-BORE PINFIRE SELF-EXTRACTING DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-
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COGSWELL & HARRISON, LONDON A SCARCE 12-BORE PINFIRE SELF-EXTRACTING DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL 'GHAYE'S PATENT', serial no. 6499, circa 1865, with fine damascus 29 3/4in. barrels sliding forwards on a fixed table, the top-rib signed 'COGSWELL & HARRISON 223 & 224 STRAND LONDON', scroll engraved action body, top-tang and back-action external hammer locks, the hammers drilled with apertures to capture the cartridge pins, the locks further signed in banners 'COGSWELL & HARRISON', chequered walnut straight hand stock, iron heel-plate, chequered walnut permanently attached splinter fore-end concealing the articulated barrel mechanism, the inside of the opening under-lever mechanism marked 'GHAYE PATENT' together with his trademarkSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
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COGSWELL & HARRISON, LONDON A SCARCE 12-BORE PINFIRE SELF-EXTRACTING DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, MODEL 'GHAYE'S PATENT', serial no. 6499, circa 1865, with fine damascus 29 3/4in. barrels sliding forwards on a fixed table, the top-rib signed 'COGSWELL & HARRISON 223 & 224 STRAND LONDON', scroll engraved action body, top-tang and back-action external hammer locks, the hammers drilled with apertures to capture the cartridge pins, the locks further signed in banners 'COGSWELL & HARRISON', chequered walnut straight hand stock, iron heel-plate, chequered walnut permanently attached splinter fore-end concealing the articulated barrel mechanism, the inside of the opening under-lever mechanism marked 'GHAYE PATENT' together with his trademarkSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
Fine Modern & Antique Guns
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The Army Reserve Centre
Adam & Eve Mews
Kensington
London
W8 6UG
United Kingdom
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