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Lot 182S2

A fine 12-bore single-trigger round action ejector gun by John Dickson & Son, no. 7584
The whole in a leather motor-case with J. Dickson & Son trade-label

28 July 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £13,200 inc. premium

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A fine 12-bore single-trigger round action ejector gun by John Dickson & Son, no. 7584

With two sets of barrels
Dickson's patent non-selective single-trigger, the toplever, ribs and forend-tip numbered '1' in gold, the treble-grip action-body with best bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, some hardening-colour, highly-figured stock, the original chopper-lump barrels with game-rib engraved John Dickson & Son, 21 Frederick Street, Edinburgh; the additional chopper-lump barrels with game-rib engraved similarly and with a star inlaid in gold at the breech-end
14¾in. stock
Original barrels:- Weight 6lb. 6½oz., 27in. barrels, both approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof
Additional barrels:- Weight 6lb. 10¼oz., 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, Birmingham nitro proof
The whole in a leather motor-case with J. Dickson & Son trade-label

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1955. The additional set of barrels appear to have been fitted by the makers circa 1957

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