80 cm chopper lump-barrels with Belgian proofmarks, flat engine-turned rib, extractor, action with traces of colours, Scott-type square crossbolt,engraved with fine English scroll surrounded by naive game-scenes of a brown bear on the left and a bull moose on the right, non-rebounding back-action hammer-locks, engraved with wild boar and wolf on the lockplates, a chamois on trigger guard, double triggers with articulated front blade, beautifully grained walnut stock with pistol-grip, Silver's rubber recoil pad 38 cm, sling swivels, fore-end with Anson push-rod, 5 kg, year of manufacture 1887, in a modern oak case with combination locks, with 56 cm long exchangeable barrels for slugs, with a high brass bead, Belgian proof and maker's mark "V. Lemal", silver stock oval engraved with a monogram in old Russian script "NA II", additional later added silver ornament on butt with Cyrillic letters "MO" surrounded by scrollwork,year of manufacture 1887, except the replaced barrels condition III. Made presumably as a double rifle in .577 Black Powder Express or as a slug gun for European big game, unfortunately neither the original barrels nor the records of the makers have survived. Nicholas II (1868 - 1918) was crowned as Czar in 1896 to become the last Emperor of Russia.

Category: Shotguns