serial #7182, 12 ga. (2 1/2''), 27'' barrels choked about improved cylinder and a tight modified, with bright about excellent bores. The barrels retain about 98% plus excellent quality re-blacking, the concave slightly sunken rib with the Hanover St., Edinburgh address. There are small engraved bands at the breeches with nice engraving on the rib and rib extension with a gold inlaid numeral ''1''. The round bodied triggerplate frame is a very pleasing smooth smoky pewter case-hardened color with near overall excellent quality tight English scroll and floral bouquets, showing some stronger trace case colors beneath the fences and their nicely chiseled bolsters, the belly gold inlaid ''Dickson's Patent''. The long tang triggerguard, safety and top lever show excellent quality blue, ''safe'' inlaid in gold, the top lever with the numeral ''1'' inset as well; the gold inlaid ''1'' is repeated at the Anson forend tip. The straight grip English walnut buttstock and splinter style forend both rate excellent as very lightly refinished some years ago, metal-to-wood fit still excellent and the checkering very crisp with a few light handling marks in the finish. The length of pull to the checkered butt is 14 3/4'' with drops of 1 5/8'' and 2 1/2'' and 3/8'' cast off. The right barrel shows no wall thickness below .025'', most well over that, the left tube shows one spot that is .022'', most well over .025'' and the arm is a Nitro proofed for 1 1/8 ounce 2 1/2'' shells, the water table showing the patent use number 1684. The arm locks up tight on-face and functions well mechanically. There is an oval gold monogram plate along the toeline which has been engraved with the initials ''JCC''. The included copy of the factory ledger shows an August the 8th, 1929 delivery, guns 7182 & 7183 being made for William Watson, giving the dimensions of each. A very lovely and quick-handling best quality double that really needs to be back afield for fall birds. (3D9720-1) {C&R} (7000/9000)
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