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A 15-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Joseph Griffin Of London, Circa 1765

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £250 inc. premium

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A 15-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Joseph Griffin Of London, Circa 1765

With shortened two-stage barrel, octagonal breech indistinctly signed along the top flat, gold-lined touch-hole, grooved engraved tang, replacement lock, figured full stock (extensively repaired around the lock) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang and with pinepple chequered grip, take-down fore-end (shortened), and engraved steel mounts including trigger-guard with acorn finial (in worn and pitted condition, rear ramrod-pipe and ramrod missing), London proof marks and Griffin's barrelsmith's mark
71.1 cm. barrel

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