A 20-bore (2¾in) sidelock hammer gun by W.R. Pape, no. 8018
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A 20-bore (2¾in) sidelock hammer gun by W.R. Pape, no. 8018
Toplever, rebounding sidelocks, percussion fences, some foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock (slight line behind right lockplate) with semi-pistolgrip and horn butt-plate, horn-tipped forend, the damascus barrels with matt-rib engraved W.R. Pape, Newcastle on Tyne, Inventor of Choke Boring
Weight 5lb. 15¾oz., 14 5/8in. pull (14 3/8in. stock), 29½in. barrels, both approx. cyl., 2¾in. chambers, recent London nitro reproof
Sold for £3,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1893, and that the stock and barrel dimensions are original

Category: Arms and Armour / Sporting Guns

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