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English SxS Perc. Elephant/Large Game Gun

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:175.00 USD
English SxS Perc. Elephant/Large Game Gun
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Restored Antique English SXS Double-Barrel Percussion Muzzleloading Rifled Elephant/Large Game ''Stopping'' Gun, #8509, approx. 8 ga. or .83.5 cal., 30'' Damascus twist barrels, dovetailed ivory blade front and unusual three-leaf folding rear sights, marked on top rib at breech ''Will'm Hinson (?) Makers London'' (obscured but appears to read thus); case hardened back-action locks with raised flash guards are finely engraved in the English style as is the breech having clean-out screws, blued hammers and barrel tang; oil-finished walnut halfstock is checkered at wrists and forend; mountings include bronze-finished finger-rest trigger guard, brass right-side patchbox engraved with a recumbent lion scene, blued iron buttplate with long top tang engraved and marked ''8509,'' vacant German-silver shield inlay at top wrist, two engraved oval iron barrel wedge escutcheons, matching ferrule at forend, two iron sling mounts (no swivels), and two plain ferrules retaining the brass-tipped hardwood ramrod. Likely mfg'd ca. 1850s-1870s. Condition is good as restored, refinished and re-stocked. Barrels retain strong twist patterns with an overall coat of varnish, other metal surfaces show most of their added finishes. Stock may be a modern replacement that is sound, smooth, and with sharp checkering; metal engraving remains mostly clear and sharp. Actions are strong and smooth; 8-groove bores show overall moderate black-powder etching and remain deeply rifled. Est.: $350-$500. (Antique)