
Lot 474S2
A 12-bore boxlock non-ejector wild-fowling gun by Stanley Duncan, no. 83768
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £625 inc. premium
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A 12-bore boxlock non-ejector wild-fowling gun by Stanley Duncan, no. 83768
The treble-grip action-body with the maker's name in a scrolling banner and border-scroll engraving, the figured stock with semi-pistolgrip and ebonite butt-plate, the barrels engraved 3" Case with game-rib engraved Stanley Duncan & Sons, Gunmakers, 62 Anlaby Road, Hull
Weight 8lb., 14½in. pull (14⅛in. stock) 32in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ⅝ choke, 3in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Weight 8lb., 14½in. pull (14⅛in. stock) 32in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ⅝ choke, 3in. chambers, Birmingham nitro reproof
Footnotes
Duncan & Co. are recorded at Anlaby Street between 1936 and 1971
Stanley Duncan (1887 - 1954) was a gunmaker, wildfowler and naturalist who in 1908 founded the Wildfowlers Association of Great Britain and Ireland that would later become The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Duncan acted as company secretary a position he held until 1946 and the first President was Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, a notable Edwardian shot and author of several books on shooting.