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F. BEESLEY
A 12-BORE TOP LEVER HAMMER GUN, NO. 1254
30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about true cylinder and full choke borings, top extension, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and top lever with scroll engraving and retaining faint traces of hardening colour, 14-inch figured stock with ribbed butt plate, 6lb. 7oz., nitro proof
S2
The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1891 and sold to S. M. Mellor for the price of £23. S, M. Mellor represented Great Britain at the 1900 Paris Olympics and was a well known shot on the Isle of Wight. In 1910 he won the King of Spain Cup from King Alfonso XIII who was visiting Princess Beatrice at Osborne House. |
| £500-700
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Pulbourgh, West Sussex |
| 29 April 2026 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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