Details of Lot 213
THOMAS HORSLEY
A SCARCE 10-BORE BAR IN WOOD HAMMER GUN

32 1/2-inch damascus barrels with 2 7/8-inch chambers about true cylinder borings, the frame, non-rebounding back locks, hammers and patent sliding top lever with scroll engraving, patent self-retracting strikers, the locks signed Burnett, 14 1/4-inch figured stock with engraved steel butt plate, 8lb. 6oz., black powder proof , bores pitted

The gun is possibly a conversion from a muzzle-loading gun.
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Olympia, West London
11 December 2007
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply