Flintlock 13-bore flintlock sporting gun, dated 1795, 38.5 inch sighted barrel retaining traces of maker's details within an elongated loop along the top flat, brass fore-sight cast as a bearded face, grooved tang, rounded lock originally signed on a scroll but now to faint to read, half-stock carved with a shell behind the tang, brass furniture comprising side-plate cast, pierced and chased with a gun dog and hanging game, cast and chased escutcheon engraved '1795', border engraved butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with early form of acorn finial and engraved 'G. Morland 1795', and possibly a later steel ramrod with brass tip.
Section 58 (2) Antique / obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence. Buyer must be over the age of 18.
Dimensions: 139cm long but will break to 105cm for postage purposes.
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Sold for £300
Auction: Two Day Firearms, Shotguns, Airguns, Arms and Militaria, 7th May, 2025
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WEDNESDAY 7th May at 11am Lots 1 - 233
THURSDAY 8th May at 11am lots 234 - 652
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