THOMAS HORSLEY A 12-BORE 1863 'NO.2 PATENT' ACTION SLIDING-BOLT SINGLE BITE SNAP-ACTION PULL-BACK TOPLEVER BAR-IN-WOOD PINFIRE / CENTREFIRE HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1209, for 1863, 31 1/2in. bold damascus barrels, rib engraved 'THOMAS HORSLEY. MAKER. YORK. PATENT NO. 72.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. in both, right wall at 19, extractor with provision to withdraw pinfire cartridges, Horsley No.2 patent pull-back toplever, patent no. 2410 of 1st October 1863, use no. 72, non-rebounding sidelocks with dolphin hammers of pinfire form, vertical fronted triggerguard of No.1 patent form, bar-in-wood, best bold scroll engraving, retaining traces of original colour-hardening and renewed finish, 14 5/8in. figured stock including steel buttplate, fitted with a silver escutcheon engraved 'LT. COL. LONGLEY.', fore-end with cross-pin release catch, weight 7lb. 2oz.. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act