A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY A 20 BORE FLINTLO…

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A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages, struck with Birmingham proof marks and '22' at the breech, flat lock stamped 'London' and 'HAW', full stock carved with a moulding about the tang, iron mounts including large trigger-guard and four ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 130.4 cm barrel

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A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK TRADE GUN, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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