SCARCE ETHAN ALLEN PATENT ACTION DBL BBL SHOTGUN.

SCARCE ETHAN ALLEN PATENT ACTION DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 10 ga. SN 201. Allen’s Patent action shotgun with 27-1/2” Damascus bbls, with smooth concave rib, sgl bead with company name & address & patent information on side opening breechblock. Opening the breechblock exposes chambers for loading & pushing trigger guard down & forward extracts cartridges from chambers. Sides of receiver, breechblock, hammers, trigger guard & tangs are nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns. Mounted with very nicely figured, checkered, shell grain, American walnut with black tipped splinter forearm with sgl wedge & straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Accompanied by an orig tooled leather pouch with hinged lid & closure tab that fits over a brass stud. It has two narrow belt loops on back & contains orig metal 4-cartridge insert which contains two orig Allen’s Patent cartridges, one of which is still loaded and four orig copper primers. CONDITION: Fine. Bbls retain a smooth, mottled, dark brown patina with about 50% Damascus pattern showing through. Receiver has strong case colors on back edge between hammers, and in sheltered areas elsewhere and on hammers with balance a dark gray patina. Stock has repaired chips by top tang; otherwise wood is sound & retains most of a professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine & moderate pitting. Pouch is moderately soiled & stained with some dryness & a repair to tab and retains strong orig finish. One cartridge is fine, retaining most of its orig nickel. The other is a mottled metal color. 4-59435 JR386 (1,400-1,900)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

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
	176	$2,645.00	SCARCE ETHAN ALLEN PATENT ACTION DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 10 ga. SN 201. Allen’s Patent action shotgun with 27-1/2” Damascus bbls, with smooth concave rib, sgl bead with company name & address & patent information on side opening breechblock. Opening the breechblock exposes chambers for loading & pushing trigger guard down & forward extracts cartridges from chambers. Sides of receiver, breechblock, hammers, trigger guard & tangs are nicely engraved with foliate arabesque patterns. Mounted with very nicely figured, checkered, shell grain, American walnut with black tipped splinter forearm with sgl wedge & straight stock with smooth steel buttplate. Accompanied by an orig tooled leather pouch with hinged lid & closure tab that fits over a brass stud. It has two narrow belt loops on back & contains orig metal 4-cartridge insert which contains two orig Allen’s Patent cartridges, one of which is still loaded and four orig copper primers. CONDITION: Fine. Bbls retain a smooth, mottled, dark brown patina with about 50% Damascus pattern showing through. Receiver has strong case colors on back edge between hammers, and in sheltered areas elsewhere and on hammers with balance a dark gray patina. Stock has repaired chips by top tang; otherwise wood is sound & retains most of a professionally restored finish. Mechanics are fine, strong bore with good shine & moderate pitting. Pouch is moderately soiled & stained with some dryness & a repair to tab and retains strong orig finish. One cartridge is fine, retaining most of its orig nickel. The other is a mottled metal color. 4-59435 JR386 (1,400-1,900) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 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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