Details of Lot 137
JOHN DICKSON & SON
A FINE 12-BORE ROUND ACTION EJECTOR GUN, NO. 6679

29-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers, about 1/4 and 1/2 choke boring, top extension, the rounded frame and gold numbered top lever with fine foliate scroll engraving and retaining some original hardening colour, the fences carved with shells, the maker's name signed within a shield, 14 1/4-inch well figured stock with pistol grip including a 1/2-inch ebonite extension, 6lb. 6oz., nitro re-proof, in its maker's leather case

The maker confirms that the gun was built in 1916 as the No.2 gun of a pair.

Sold for £9000
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
The Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
22 August 2011
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply