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Huge SxS Perc. Market Hunter's Shotgun

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:175.00 USD
Huge SxS Perc. Market Hunter's Shotgun
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Huge Side-by-Side Double-Barrel Percussion Big Game or Market Hunter's Shotgun, NVSN, approx. 8 ga., 40'' barrels with a small post front sight on full-length top rib and gold bands at breeches; back-action locks with engraved top tang, hammers and sideplates, and integral flash shields; double triggers; large brass triggerguard with scrolled finger rest at rear and brass ramrod ferrule at front of stock; iron buttplate with engraved top tang, and two iron ferrules retaining the brass-tipped hardwood ramrod; two barrel keys with oval German-silver escutcheons; unusual ''pecky'' hardwood halfstock having a dots-and-lines pattern scribed at wrist and a raised-carved left side cheekpiece. Unmarked as to maker, date or place of mfg. Condition is very good. Barrels exhibit much original twist pattern and otherwise gunmetal gray coloring, the other iron parts with a dark brown age patina, the brass a cleaned color. Stock is sound and generally smooth. Actions function; bores show general erosion but are clean. A large, heavy and stout gun designed for hard use. Est.: $350-$550. (Antique)