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20FC-62 LONDON DBL BBL PERC. SHOTGUN

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:180.00 USD
20FC-62 LONDON DBL BBL PERC. SHOTGUN
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This item SOLD at 2020 Aug 15 @ 17:04UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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A “Best” quality London Double Barrel 12 GA percussion shotgun by Forsyth & Co. Engraved and signed bolted back action locks with Forsyth dolphin hammers. The barrels measure 28” with raised rib signed in full “Forsyth & Co. Patent Gunmakers London”. Platinum blow out plugs. Engraved trigger guard, S/N 1151 circa 1835. Steel butt plate. Highly figured, checkered walnut stock. Gun retains original brass tipped ramrod. Condition is good withDamascus pattern on barrels with staining to metal surfaces. Checkering is worn. Tight crack in the wrist that does not go through. Reverend Alexander Forsyth was the inventor of the fulminate system and his companyproduced guns the equal of Purdey or Boss. See W. Keith Neal “Forsyth & Company Patent Gunmakers”. Est.: $600-$800