Lot 217S2
A 12-bore boxlock ejector gun by C.S. Rosson & Co., no. 2653
28 July 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 12-bore boxlock ejector gun by C.S. Rosson & Co., no. 2653
The scroll-backed treble-grip action-body with concealed third-bite, serpentine fences, the action-body and furniture with bouquet and foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with horn butt-plate, the barrels with game-rib engraved C.S. Rosson & Co., 13 Rampant Horse Street, Norwich (rubbed)
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 15in. pull (14¾in. stock), 29in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 15in. pull (14¾in. stock), 29in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Footnotes
According to Nigel Brown's British Gunmakers, Vol. Two, Rosson's numbering system used the last two digits of the year as the first two digits of the serial number, suggesting this gun was produced in 1926