JOSEPH LANG & SONS HAMMER UNDERLEVER DOUBLE RIFLE.

JOSEPH LANG & SONS HAMMER UNDERLEVER DOUBLE RIFLE. SN 5346. Cal. 360 2-1/4”. Fine lightweight medium game double rifle with 27” steel bbls, flat, hand-matted rib with Rocky Mtn. style front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. It has extractors & dbl underbites with a tiny round receiver with deep firing pin wells and back action locks with high spur gooseneck hammers. Receiver, lockplates, hammers & appended metal are nicely engraved with about 50% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with maker’s name on each lockplate. It has maker’s name & address on tops of bbls. Mounted with very highly figured English walnut with a tiny horn insert, schnable tipped, splinter forearm with sgl wedge and pistol grip stock with a major professional gunsmith repair through wrist, 14-1/4” over a checkered steel buttplate. It has sling eyes on stock & bbls. Weight: 6 lbs, 15.36 oz. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection CONDITION: Very good. Bbls retain about 95% strong bright blue with chemical spots around muzzles. Receiver & lockplates retain bright case colors in sheltered areas with balance fading to silver. Stock, with its repaired wrist, and forearm, missing a few chips from edges, otherwise wood is sound with forearm showing moderate to heavy wear and retaining a dark worn finish. Stock shows heavy wear with light nicks & dings and retains a beautiful hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with some minor roughness just in front of chambers. 4-59710 JR311 (2,000-3,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3143	$1,840.00	JOSEPH LANG & SONS HAMMER UNDERLEVER DOUBLE RIFLE. SN 5346. Cal. 360 2-1/4”. Fine lightweight medium game double rifle with 27” steel bbls, flat, hand-matted rib with Rocky Mtn. style front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. It has extractors & dbl underbites with a tiny round receiver with deep firing pin wells and back action locks with high spur gooseneck hammers. Receiver, lockplates, hammers & appended metal are nicely engraved with about 50% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with maker’s name on each lockplate. It has maker’s name & address on tops of bbls. Mounted with very highly figured English walnut with a tiny horn insert, schnable tipped, splinter forearm with sgl wedge and pistol grip stock with a major professional gunsmith repair through wrist, 14-1/4” over a checkered steel buttplate. It has sling eyes on stock & bbls. Weight: 6 lbs, 15.36 oz. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection CONDITION: Very good. Bbls retain about 95% strong bright blue with chemical spots around muzzles. Receiver & lockplates retain bright case colors in sheltered areas with balance fading to silver. Stock, with its repaired wrist, and forearm, missing a few chips from edges, otherwise wood is sound with forearm showing moderate to heavy wear and retaining a dark worn finish. Stock shows heavy wear with light nicks & dings and retains a beautiful hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with some minor roughness just in front of chambers. 4-59710 JR311 (2,000-3,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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