PRISTINE JOHN DICKSON HAMMER UNDER LEVER DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE AND ACCESSORIES.

PRISTINE JOHN DICKSON HAMMER UNDER LEVER DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN 3293. (1874 for Charles Hope) Cal. .500 3″ BPE. 28″ Dovetailed steel bbls with full length wide flat file cut rib mounted with one standing, one folding express rear sight, and silver bead front, are engraved “John Dickson & Son.” and “63 Princes Street. Edinburgh.” on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with “J D & S.”, SN, and with importers marks. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs for 38 bore, “J.S”, and “Henry’s Patent” (referring to rifling), with use nos. 1633 and 1634. Bottom rib is mounted with screwed-in sling eye. Nicely filed case hardened round bar Jones under lever action is stamped with same information as bbl flats on water table, which has 2 long elliptical lightening cuts. Peninsula non-rebounding back action locks fitted with short round bodied high spurred hammers, have fire blued back sliding safeties that engage at half cock. Action and lockplates are engraved with well cut medium scroll at 70% coverage. “John Dickson & Son” is engraved on each lockplate. Steel trigger guard with checkered spur forming grip, has SN at grip. Broadly marbled and slightly figured European walnut buttstock measures 14-1/2″ over checkered wood butt with engraved steel heel and toe plates. Stock features elliptical beaded shadow line right hand cheekpiece and 18 LPI ovoid pattern checkering with rear border mullered. Vacant silver oval and sling eye are on toe line. Matching splinter forend with shaped engraved steel tip attaches with side nail through shaped steel escutcheons. Drop at heel: Approx 2-13/16″, drop at comb: Approx 1-13/16″. Weight: 8 lbs. 10 oz. LOP 14-1/2″. Old embossed leather case with shaped brass corners is lined with scarlet cloth with paper Dickson label on lid, has lift-out tray with compartments for cartridges, and some accessories underneath. Large group of accessories include ebony handled striker key, rosewood handled turnscrew, wad punch marked 1/2, and bone handled cleaning brush. Oak lift-out compartment with space for bbls and stocks/ action, contains very fine Sykes patent “extra quality” leather bodied German silver flask, “Edge Bros” marked 500 3″ steel cartridge sizing die, turned boxwood patchbox, turned boxwood cap box, bone striker bottle with strikers and springs engraved with this guns number, and 3-pc brass and rosewood cleaning rod. Old round pewter oil bottle has had Dickson & Son newly struck. Beautifully made new accessories include especially fine William Davis type brass conical bullet mold marked “.500” “Dickson & Son”, “W D”, and with SN. Mold comes with its walnut handled nose pin. New accessories also include a 500 # 3 marked brass capper/ decapper, bullet nose splinter, pin type crimper, and decapping rod. PROVENANCE: Copy of factory ledger page. CONDITION: Fine, as partially refinished. Bbls retain nearly all of a London quality re-black, file cutting softened, other engraving re-cut. Action retains traces of orig case hardening color in protected areas, and is mostly silver gray. Locks retain 45 – 55% orig case hardening color, strong in protected areas. Safeties retain most of their fire blue. Trigger guard is considerably silvered with some case color under lever. Stocks retain nearly all of an old rubbed oil finish, edges softened, checkering somewhat worn and not re-cut. Small area of replaced wood is at left tip of forend. Bores are excellent, with a few very minor pits toward breech ends of bbls. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Locks crisp. Safeties work. Case leather is dark with numerous areas of rubbing and chipping, has been conserved with new correctly colored straps and handle bases, using original handle. Interior cloth is new with fine reproduction label, with some marks and soiling from contact with gun. Flask is excellent with lots of fire blue left on spring and charge lever. Old accessories are fine. New accessories are excellent with some staining, except mold, which is as new. A very fine, first class, classic express rifle. 4-42630 MGM233 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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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	1442	$10,925.00	PRISTINE JOHN DICKSON HAMMER UNDER LEVER DOUBLE RIFLE WITH CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN 3293. (1874 for Charles Hope) Cal. .500 3″ BPE. 28″ Dovetailed steel bbls with full length wide flat file cut rib mounted with one standing, one folding express rear sight, and silver bead front, are engraved “John Dickson & Son.” and “63 Princes Street. Edinburgh.” on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with “J D & S.”, SN, and with importers marks. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs for 38 bore, “J.S”, and “Henry’s Patent” (referring to rifling), with use nos. 1633 and 1634. Bottom rib is mounted with screwed-in sling eye. Nicely filed case hardened round bar Jones under lever action is stamped with same information as bbl flats on water table, which has 2 long elliptical lightening cuts. Peninsula non-rebounding back action locks fitted with short round bodied high spurred hammers, have fire blued back sliding safeties that engage at half cock. Action and lockplates are engraved with well cut medium scroll at 70% coverage. “John Dickson & Son” is engraved on each lockplate. Steel trigger guard with checkered spur forming grip, has SN at grip. Broadly marbled and slightly figured European walnut buttstock measures 14-1/2″ over checkered wood butt with engraved steel heel and toe plates. Stock features elliptical beaded shadow line right hand cheekpiece and 18 LPI ovoid pattern checkering with rear border mullered. Vacant silver oval and sling eye are on toe line. Matching splinter forend with shaped engraved steel tip attaches with side nail through shaped steel escutcheons. Drop at heel: Approx 2-13/16″, drop at comb: Approx 1-13/16″. Weight: 8 lbs. 10 oz. LOP 14-1/2″. Old embossed leather case with shaped brass corners is lined with scarlet cloth with paper Dickson label on lid, has lift-out tray with compartments for cartridges, and some accessories underneath. Large group of accessories include ebony handled striker key, rosewood handled turnscrew, wad punch marked 1/2, and bone handled cleaning brush. Oak lift-out compartment with space for bbls and stocks/ action, contains very fine Sykes patent “extra quality” leather bodied German silver flask, “Edge Bros” marked 500 3″ steel cartridge sizing die, turned boxwood patchbox, turned boxwood cap box, bone striker bottle with strikers and springs engraved with this guns number, and 3-pc brass and rosewood cleaning rod. Old round pewter oil bottle has had Dickson & Son newly struck. Beautifully made new accessories include especially fine William Davis type brass conical bullet mold marked “.500” “Dickson & Son”, “W D”, and with SN. Mold comes with its walnut handled nose pin. New accessories also include a 500 # 3 marked brass capper/ decapper, bullet nose splinter, pin type crimper, and decapping rod. PROVENANCE: Copy of factory ledger page. CONDITION: Fine, as partially refinished. Bbls retain nearly all of a London quality re-black, file cutting softened, other engraving re-cut. Action retains traces of orig case hardening color in protected areas, and is mostly silver gray. Locks retain 45 – 55% orig case hardening color, strong in protected areas. Safeties retain most of their fire blue. Trigger guard is considerably silvered with some case color under lever. Stocks retain nearly all of an old rubbed oil finish, edges softened, checkering somewhat worn and not re-cut. Small area of replaced wood is at left tip of forend. Bores are excellent, with a few very minor pits toward breech ends of bbls. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Locks crisp. Safeties work. Case leather is dark with numerous areas of rubbing and chipping, has been conserved with new correctly colored straps and handle bases, using original handle. Interior cloth is new with fine reproduction label, with some marks and soiling from contact with gun. Flask is excellent with lots of fire blue left on spring and charge lever. Old accessories are fine. New accessories are excellent with some staining, except mold, which is as new. A very fine, first class, classic express rifle. 4-42630 MGM233 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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