VERY FINE JOHN DICKSON AND SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE GAME GUN WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES.

VERY FINE JOHN DICKSON AND SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE GAME GUN WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN 1903. (1858) Cal. .690 Bore diameter. 30″ Bernard pattern Damascus barrels are engraved “John Dickson & Son. 63 Princes Street. Edinburgh.” on concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs for 14 bore, and SN. Original Greenheart ramrod with brass tip and tail with steel worm under cap, mounts through 3 plain pipes. Nicely filed case hardened patent breeches have un-vented engraved platinum blow-outs. SNs are on hooks. Breech iron is fully scroll engraved on tang. Silver flash guards are mounted underneath. Front action locks with round bodied tall spurred hammers, are separated by wood from bottoms of bbls. Trigger plate has long extension for strength, and has circular finial with thistle tip. Blued trigger guard has SN at grip. Engraving on all metal parts is exceptionally well done with finely detailed open scroll on lockplates engraved “John Dickson & Son” in scrolled ribands at front of each. Breech iron, trigger plate, and thimble are engraved with closed, shaded scroll. Trigger guard bow is engraved with dog, and a pair of pheasants at grip. Steel buttplate with long tang has open scroll and pair of game birds. Nicely marbled, stump figured European walnut straight grip stock with drop points and vacant silver oval on toe line, has 18 LPI flat top point pattern checkering with mullered borders. Stock mounts to bbl with side nail through recessed and shaped engraved steel escutcheons. Accompanied by a scan of the Dickson factory ledger indicating gun ordered on 7-24-1858 for Robert Horn Esq. as 14 Ga, 30″ low rib bbls, stocks not varnished and detached locks. Wall thickness: left -.028, right -.030. Drop at heel: 1-13/16″, drop at comb: 1-7/16″. Weight: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP 14-1/4″. Original quartered oak dovetailed case with central brass medallion on lid, and pivoting hook latches, is lined with patterned light brown leather with Dickson paper label in lid. Bottom has many compartments, most with covers, others with lift-out trays, as well as, lift-out oak wad box with sliding cover at right side. Accessories include 2-pc T-handled steel takedown nipple wrench with pricker, case hardened steel Hawksley steel shot and powder carrier, turned boxwood nipple box, Hawksley morocco leather and German silver shot pouch, James Dickson leather and German silver powder flask, and two wad cutters (one marked 12 and the other 14). PROVENANCE: Scan of Factory Ledger. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain 85 – 90% orig pattern and blue, browned at muzzles and breech ends, thinning slightly around fore grip. Lockplates retain nearly all of their orig case hardening color. Patent breeches, breech irons and hammers retain perhaps 30%. Trigger guard and buttplate retain 30% of their orig blue. Stock retains most of its orig oil finish, with numerous marks from carrying and use, and is quite dry from never being oiled. Bores are good, pitted toward muzzles. Nipple recesses are considerably pitted. Locks are crisp. Case with no noticeable cracks, retains nearly all its orig finish, with a number of marks and scrapes. Central medallion is green patina. Interior leather is fine, somewhat soiled, dusty with marks and compressions from contact with gun. Accessories are fine. Dickson flask does not correctly fit compartment. An essentially untouched best quality percussion gun, very scarce in the market today. 4-42514 MGM281 (4,000-6,000)

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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	1445	$7,475.00	VERY FINE JOHN DICKSON AND SON PERCUSSION DOUBLE GAME GUN WITH ORIGINAL CASE AND ACCESSORIES. SN 1903. (1858) Cal. .690 Bore diameter. 30″ Bernard pattern Damascus barrels are engraved “John Dickson & Son. 63 Princes Street. Edinburgh.” on concave game rib. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with London proofs for 14 bore, and SN. Original Greenheart ramrod with brass tip and tail with steel worm under cap, mounts through 3 plain pipes. Nicely filed case hardened patent breeches have un-vented engraved platinum blow-outs. SNs are on hooks. Breech iron is fully scroll engraved on tang. Silver flash guards are mounted underneath. Front action locks with round bodied tall spurred hammers, are separated by wood from bottoms of bbls. Trigger plate has long extension for strength, and has circular finial with thistle tip. Blued trigger guard has SN at grip. Engraving on all metal parts is exceptionally well done with finely detailed open scroll on lockplates engraved “John Dickson & Son” in scrolled ribands at front of each. Breech iron, trigger plate, and thimble are engraved with closed, shaded scroll. Trigger guard bow is engraved with dog, and a pair of pheasants at grip. Steel buttplate with long tang has open scroll and pair of game birds. Nicely marbled, stump figured European walnut straight grip stock with drop points and vacant silver oval on toe line, has 18 LPI flat top point pattern checkering with mullered borders. Stock mounts to bbl with side nail through recessed and shaped engraved steel escutcheons. Accompanied by a scan of the Dickson factory ledger indicating gun ordered on 7-24-1858 for Robert Horn Esq. as 14 Ga, 30″ low rib bbls, stocks not varnished and detached locks. Wall thickness: left -.028, right -.030. Drop at heel: 1-13/16″, drop at comb: 1-7/16″. Weight: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP 14-1/4″. Original quartered oak dovetailed case with central brass medallion on lid, and pivoting hook latches, is lined with patterned light brown leather with Dickson paper label in lid. Bottom has many compartments, most with covers, others with lift-out trays, as well as, lift-out oak wad box with sliding cover at right side. Accessories include 2-pc T-handled steel takedown nipple wrench with pricker, case hardened steel Hawksley steel shot and powder carrier, turned boxwood nipple box, Hawksley morocco leather and German silver shot pouch, James Dickson leather and German silver powder flask, and two wad cutters (one marked 12 and the other 14). PROVENANCE: Scan of Factory Ledger. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain 85 – 90% orig pattern and blue, browned at muzzles and breech ends, thinning slightly around fore grip. Lockplates retain nearly all of their orig case hardening color. Patent breeches, breech irons and hammers retain perhaps 30%. Trigger guard and buttplate retain 30% of their orig blue. Stock retains most of its orig oil finish, with numerous marks from carrying and use, and is quite dry from never being oiled. Bores are good, pitted toward muzzles. Nipple recesses are considerably pitted. Locks are crisp. Case with no noticeable cracks, retains nearly all its orig finish, with a number of marks and scrapes. Central medallion is green patina. Interior leather is fine, somewhat soiled, dusty with marks and compressions from contact with gun. Accessories are fine. Dickson flask does not correctly fit compartment. An essentially untouched best quality percussion gun, very scarce in the market today. 4-42514 MGM281 (4,000-6,000) 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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