NEW INVENTORY - John Dickson & Son Round-Action, made in 1904
12 gauge, patent triggerplate action, side-by-side shotgun
£10,500
We are pleased to offer this beautiful Round-Action, from the 'Golden Years' of Round-Action manufacture. The gun is in excellent condition throughout with the later bouquet and scroll Sumner engraving and the simple 'John Dickson & Son' inscription on the sides of the action. The action is the later post 1900 style with all its attributes - no indicators, the fuller detonators, narrow ribanded fence and double-ramp safety button. The gun is fitted with a very well-figured stock, which remains in great condition.
To prepare the gun for sale, we have conducted a full service, strip and clean, cleaned and re-oiled the wood, cleaned out the chequering, and re-blacked the furniture. At huge expense, we have stripped and relaid the ribs and re-browned the barrels.
Provenance
Delivered as No. 2 of a pair of guns in 1904 to a family member of Lord Inverclyde. The Burns family were a very prominent shipbuilders and shipping merchants in Glasgow, who founded not only the service of Irish steamers and the West Highland service, but the renowned Cunard Line, which still operates today.
Specification
- Price: £10,500
- Year of Manufacture: 1904
- Action: Dickson Patent Triggerplate with assisted-opener, top lever with Scott spindle and Purdey bolt, hidden third fastener and Anson push-rod fore-end.
- Gauge: 12
- Barrel Material: Damascus
- Barrel Length : 29in
- Rib: 3/16in
- Chamber Length: 2 1/2in
- Proof: Birmingham Nitro Re-Proof at .729 in 1971
- Bores: .732 (R) & .732 (L)
- Min Walls: .023 (R) & .024 (L)
- Chokes : IMP CYL & 3/8
- Triggers: Double
- Ejectors: Yes - Dickson Patent Ejector System
- Stock dimensions: 1 1/2in drop at comb, 2 3/8in drop at heel, 14 7/16 to heel, 14 3/8in to centre, 14 7/8in to toe
- Cast OFF: 3/8in
- Weight: 6lb 12oz
- Case: None
- Location: Dunkeld, Scotland