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Lot 511S2

A 12-bore sidelock ejector gun by Joseph Lang & Son, no. 16153
In a brass-mounted leather case

18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

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A 12-bore sidelock ejector gun by Joseph Lang & Son, no. 16153

Foliate-scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, well-figured stock (cast-on), the replacement barrels engraved Joseph Lang & Son, 7 Bury Street, St. James's, London, England with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 15½in. stock, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ⅜ choke, 2½in. chambers, London nitro proof
In a brass-mounted leather case

Footnotes

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1926 for H.R. Owen and that it was rebarrelled by them in 1973

Captain Harold Rolfe Owen (1899 - 1940) served in the Royal Flying Corps over Northern France in WWI and in 1917 he was badly injured in a plane crash that put him in a coma for a week. He returned to active service in The Indian Army and served abroad before returning to Britain where he eventually joined Rolls-Royce and after a brief partnership with Jack Barclay founded what would become Britain's leading luxury car dealership. World War Two halted the sale of luxury cars and Owen returned once again to the Armed Forces, joining the 4th Queen's Own Hussars but died following an operation to remove a brain tumour discovered having fallen ill during tank manoeuvres

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