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Lot 45S58

A 10-bore (2 7/8in) single-barrelled wild-fowling hammer gun by J. & W. Tolley, no. 6184

28 July 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A 10-bore (2 7/8in) single-barrelled wild-fowling hammer gun by J. & W. Tolley, no. 6184

Jones patent rotary-underlever, rebounding backlock with dolphin hammer, percussion fence, foliate-scroll engraving, full hardening-colour (expertly renewed), figured replacement stock, horn-capped forend, the rebrowned damascus barrel with faceted breech-section, the breech-flat engraved J. & W. Tolley, Makers, Conduit St., Regent St., London, W.
Weight 6lb. 10½oz., 14½in. stock, 34½in. barrel, approx. cyl., 2 7/8in. chamber, Birmingham nitro reproof

Footnotes

According to Nigel Brown's London Gunmakers, J. & W. Tolley were in business at this address between 1885 and 1894

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