*VERY FINE BAKER PATENT 12/ 20 TYPE WILLIAM POWELL SIDELOCK EJECTOR SINGLE TRIGGER GAME GUN WITH CASE.

SN 15227. (ca 1959) Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 26″ Chopper lump bbls are engraved “William Powell & Son. 35. & 37. Carrs Lane. Birmingham.” on narrow, swamped game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with Birmingham nitro proofs for 2-1/2″ chambers and 1977 London re-proofs for 2-3/4″. SNs are stamped on bottoms of bbls. Case hardened, slim, Baker patent 12/ 20 sidelock action features non-automatic safety and single non-selective trigger. Action and lockplates are engraved with near full coverage very well cut varying sized scroll with rose bouquet highlights. “William Powell & Son” is on each lockplate. Top lever and trigger guard are blued, and scroll engraved. SN is on short tang. Beautifully marbled and lightly figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 13-7/8″ over checkered wood butt, and features classic drop points, diamond hand, point pattern checkering with mullered borders, and a vacant gold oval on toe line. Matching exceptionally long (10″) splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter: left – .726, right -.726. Bore restrictions: left -.007 (IC), right -.003 (IC). Wall thickness: left -.026, right -.029. Drop at heel: 2-1/2″, drop at comb: 1-5/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. 4 oz. LOP: 13-7/8″. Orig makers green canvas case with green leather trim is lined in burgundy cloth, and has paper Powell label in lid, along with small leather label gold embossed “Abercrombie & Fitch Made in England”. Case contains 2-pc birch and brass cleaning rod with mop, jag, and brush in black leather wallet, Powell marked square oil bottle, and a pair of Powell marked snap caps. CONDITION: Excellent, original, as found. Bbls retain 85 – 90% orig blue, most loss due to normal carrying wear on left rear of bbl, with thumb wear on top of right. Action retains 60 – 70% orig case hardening color, silvered on beads and fences, thinning and silvering on bottom. Lockplates retain over 90% of their orig color, silvering on edges. Top lever is somewhat silvered on thumbpiece, trigger guard considerably at grip and somewhat on edges. Stocks retain 85% of their orig hand rubbed oil finish, dulled and worn at grip and on bottom of forend from normal hand wear. There are a number of deep digs on left side of stock on fillets at bottom edge of lockplate, and a deep ding behind checkering. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are strong and in time. Trigger works. Case has a number of scuffs and scratches on canvas, which is somewhat faded. Straps and handle are good. Interior cloth is very fine, with a few rubs from contact with fences. Label is excellent except for a rub through. Accessories are very fine. A superb, well balanced grouse or quail gun. 49959-5 MGM69 (7,000-12,000) – Lot 2327

Auction: Firearms - March 2016

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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	2327	$8,050.00	VERY FINE BAKER PATENT 12/ 20 TYPE WILLIAM POWELL SIDELOCK EJECTOR SINGLE TRIGGER GAME GUN WITH CASE. SN 15227. (ca 1959) Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 26″ Chopper lump bbls are engraved “William Powell & Son. 35. & 37. Carrs Lane. Birmingham.” on narrow, swamped game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with Birmingham nitro proofs for 2-1/2″ chambers and 1977 London re-proofs for 2-3/4″. SNs are stamped on bottoms of bbls. Case hardened, slim, Baker patent 12/ 20 sidelock action features non-automatic safety and single non-selective trigger. Action and lockplates are engraved with near full coverage very well cut varying sized scroll with rose bouquet highlights. “William Powell & Son” is on each lockplate. Top lever and trigger guard are blued, and scroll engraved. SN is on short tang. Beautifully marbled and lightly figured European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 13-7/8″ over checkered wood butt, and features classic drop points, diamond hand, point pattern checkering with mullered borders, and a vacant gold oval on toe line. Matching exceptionally long (10″) splinter ejector forend has Anson release. Bore diameter: left – .726, right -.726. Bore restrictions: left -.007 (IC), right -.003 (IC). Wall thickness: left -.026, right -.029. Drop at heel: 2-1/2″, drop at comb: 1-5/8″. Weight: 6 lbs. 4 oz. LOP: 13-7/8″. Orig makers green canvas case with green leather trim is lined in burgundy cloth, and has paper Powell label in lid, along with small leather label gold embossed “Abercrombie & Fitch Made in England”. Case contains 2-pc birch and brass cleaning rod with mop, jag, and brush in black leather wallet, Powell marked square oil bottle, and a pair of Powell marked snap caps. CONDITION: Excellent, original, as found. Bbls retain 85 – 90% orig blue, most loss due to normal carrying wear on left rear of bbl, with thumb wear on top of right. Action retains 60 – 70% orig case hardening color, silvered on beads and fences, thinning and silvering on bottom. Lockplates retain over 90% of their orig color, silvering on edges. Top lever is somewhat silvered on thumbpiece, trigger guard considerably at grip and somewhat on edges. Stocks retain 85% of their orig hand rubbed oil finish, dulled and worn at grip and on bottom of forend from normal hand wear. There are a number of deep digs on left side of stock on fillets at bottom edge of lockplate, and a deep ding behind checkering. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are strong and in time. Trigger works. Case has a number of scuffs and scratches on canvas, which is somewhat faded. Straps and handle are good. Interior cloth is very fine, with a few rubs from contact with fences. Label is excellent except for a rub through. Accessories are very fine. A superb, well balanced grouse or quail gun. 49959-5 MGM69 (7,000-12,000) – Lot 2327 Auction: Firearms - March 2016 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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*VERY FINE BAKER PATENT 12/ 20 TYPE WILLIAM POWELL SIDELOCK EJECTOR SINGLE TRIGGER GAME GUN WITH CASE.