John Dickson & Son Single Barrel Flintlock Fowler 16 Gauge
| | John Dickson & Son, | Single Barrel Flintlock Fowler | 16ga | $12,750 |
| | 63 Princes Street, Edinburgh |
| | 35" round damascus barrel with wedding-band transition to octagonal |
| | breech section, single fine steel front bead sight and scroll engraved |
| | casehardened breechblock. 15" length of pull to smooth steel buttplate with |
| | extended, engraved top heel flange. Fine scroll engraved, case-colored lock |
| | with swept rainproof pan, ventilated pan-cover with long-limbed roller- |
| | bearing frizzen, flat-sided hammer and platinum-lined touch hole. Varnished, |
| | figured walnut stock with horn forend tip, crosspin fastener with engraved |
| | escutcheons, checkered grip, teardrops, pineapple finial and vacant silver |
| | escutcheon. Scroll engraved pistol-grip triggerguard. Brass-tipped ramrod |
| | retained under barrel with three pipes. Weight: 6lbs, 3oz. Retaining most all |
| | of its original finish and possibly unfired. Engraved by John Sumner. |
| | Delivered to Charles Gordon April 10, 1893. Exhibited at the British Sporting |
| | Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, London, January 14-30, 1938 by then- |
| | owner W. Keith Neal, author of The Mantons. Listed in "Charles Gordon --- |
| | Magnificent Madness" by Donald Dallas. Pictured John Dickson & Son: |
| | The Round Action Gunmaker, by Donald Dallas, page 152, and described |
| | page 149. |
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