EXTREMELY RARE BURGESS TAKEDOWN PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN.

EXTREMELY RARE BURGESS TAKEDOWN PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. SN 2724. Cal. 12 ga. Rare & unusual American designed shotgun with 30″ fine Damascus bbl with raised, hand stippled solid rib, sgl bead with a gold band at chamber end of the rib and a blued steel magazine tube. Action is most unusual with its sliding wrist & trigger group pump action. Slide is blued sheet steel with a checkered walnut grip adapter and has checkered teardrop panels in the sliding wrist on either side of the hammer slot. Top of bolt is marked “BURGESS GUN CO. / BUFFALO N.Y. U.S.A.”, which is a very light strike. Mounted with beautiful slab-sawed American walnut with checkered forearm and with uncheckered stock that has a hard rubber buttplate with Burgess Gun Co. logo which is a spaniel with a shorebird in its mouth. The takedown system for this shotgun is also unique in that the bbl lug is deeply serrated on each side which corresponds with serrations inside front edges of the frame and is secured in position with a spring loaded latch on right side. Depressing the latch allows the bbl group to be slide to the bottom for removal. Reinstalling is very simply accomplished by mating up the grooves and sliding the bbl home. This shotgun was made by one of America’s most prolific 19th century firearms inventors, Andrew Burgess, who in 1892 established his own company and was in business only until 1899, when his company & patents were purchased by Winchester, apparently as a method of eliminating competition. The unique action of this shotgun, in addition to the most unusual sliding wrist, is further unique in that the magazine tube can only be loaded with the action open. Few of these shotguns were ever produced and are rarely ever found with any orig finish, let alone in unfired condition as is this one. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, probably unfired. Bbl retains virtually all of its strong brown Damascus pattern with a few minor scrapes in the matted rib. Magazine tube retains most of its orig factory blue with some thinning on both sides. Forend cap retains virtually all of its orig factory blue. Receiver, bolt & floorplate retain virtually all of their glossy, high polish orig blue with a couple of scratches and some slight thinning on front raised area of receiver. Sheet metal slide retains about 90% glossy orig blue with some hand wear and thinning on right side. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains virtually all of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-36609 JR276 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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
	1391	$5,175.00	EXTREMELY RARE BURGESS TAKEDOWN PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. SN 2724. Cal. 12 ga. Rare & unusual American designed shotgun with 30″ fine Damascus bbl with raised, hand stippled solid rib, sgl bead with a gold band at chamber end of the rib and a blued steel magazine tube. Action is most unusual with its sliding wrist & trigger group pump action. Slide is blued sheet steel with a checkered walnut grip adapter and has checkered teardrop panels in the sliding wrist on either side of the hammer slot. Top of bolt is marked “BURGESS GUN CO. / BUFFALO N.Y. U.S.A.”, which is a very light strike. Mounted with beautiful slab-sawed American walnut with checkered forearm and with uncheckered stock that has a hard rubber buttplate with Burgess Gun Co. logo which is a spaniel with a shorebird in its mouth. The takedown system for this shotgun is also unique in that the bbl lug is deeply serrated on each side which corresponds with serrations inside front edges of the frame and is secured in position with a spring loaded latch on right side. Depressing the latch allows the bbl group to be slide to the bottom for removal. Reinstalling is very simply accomplished by mating up the grooves and sliding the bbl home. This shotgun was made by one of America’s most prolific 19th century firearms inventors, Andrew Burgess, who in 1892 established his own company and was in business only until 1899, when his company & patents were purchased by Winchester, apparently as a method of eliminating competition. The unique action of this shotgun, in addition to the most unusual sliding wrist, is further unique in that the magazine tube can only be loaded with the action open. Few of these shotguns were ever produced and are rarely ever found with any orig finish, let alone in unfired condition as is this one. PROVENANCE: Ted Knee Collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, probably unfired. Bbl retains virtually all of its strong brown Damascus pattern with a few minor scrapes in the matted rib. Magazine tube retains most of its orig factory blue with some thinning on both sides. Forend cap retains virtually all of its orig factory blue. Receiver, bolt & floorplate retain virtually all of their glossy, high polish orig blue with a couple of scratches and some slight thinning on front raised area of receiver. Sheet metal slide retains about 90% glossy orig blue with some hand wear and thinning on right side. Wood is sound with light handling & use marks and retains virtually all of its orig factory varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-36609 JR276 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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