Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 3rd June 2025
Lot 272
Ƒ Henry Atkin: a 12 bore side lock ejector double sporting gun, serial number 2954, barrels 27 in.,
Estimate £1,000 - £1,200 | Hammer £1260
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Description
Ƒ Henry Atkin: a 12 bore side lock ejector double sporting gun, serial number 2954, barrels 27 in., engraved 'HENRY ATKIN' and '7 BURY ST ST JAMES,S LONDON ENGLAND', number three of a set and so numbered in gold to the hollow top rib and the action lever, 2.5 in. chambers, double trigger bar action side lock with fine scroll engraving, lock plates inscribed 'HENRY ATKIN', fences carved with sprays of acanthus, automatic safety with gold 'SAFE', chequered 14.5 in. straight hand stock of well figured walnut, Anson release fore-end, comb of butt fitted with a scarce J. Mansfield patent game counter with knurled thumb wheel, London nitro proof. Section 2 - A Shotgun Certificate or RFD Authority is required to purchase this lot.
(110 cm OAL)
With Atkin Grant & Lang certificate of origin showing that this gun was completed on the 27th of September 1929 by Henry Atkin at 88 Jermyn Street, London; and that it had new barrels fitted at a later, unrecorded, date.