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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JAMES SCOTT, CANONGATE, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGAM PRIVATE PROOF MARK

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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JAMES SCOTT, CANONGATE, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGAM PRIVATE PROOF MARK
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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JAMES SCOTT, CANONGATE, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with rebrowned two-stage barrels fitted with silver fore-sight, signed over the octagonal breeches and with gold-lined vents, engraved grooved breech tang, signed bevelled locks engraved with scrolls on the tails, fitted with links between the steels and springs, and a sliding plate immediately behind the cock acting as a safety-catch (one comb, top-jaws and screws replaced), figured walnut half-stock cut with a trellis pattern of chequering filled with punched dots over the fore-end and the grip (refreshed, filled repairs over the fore-end and the butt), engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a bouquet and with acorn finial, butt-plate, and fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (the mounts cleaned) 86.5cm; 34 1/8in barrels

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A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JAMES SCOTT, CANONGATE, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with rebrowned two-stage barrels fitted with silver fore-sight, signed over the octagonal breeches and with gold-lined vents, engraved grooved breech tang, signed bevelled locks engraved with scrolls on the tails, fitted with links between the steels and springs, and a sliding plate immediately behind the cock acting as a safety-catch (one comb, top-jaws and screws replaced), figured walnut half-stock cut with a trellis pattern of chequering filled with punched dots over the fore-end and the grip (refreshed, filled repairs over the fore-end and the butt), engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a bouquet and with acorn finial, butt-plate, and fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (the mounts cleaned) 86.5cm; 34 1/8in barrels

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