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36th Classic Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Monday, April 25, 2022 from 10:00  | Auction ended

Completed | Physical auction
Lot: 812

pair of-S/S shotguns, MacNaughton - Edinburgh, 12/65, #2531 & #2532, § C+ACC

Starting price 9.000 EUR
Result:
20.000 EUR

76 cm Damascus barrels with concave rib with maker's address "26 Hanover Street Edinburgh and Perth", choke cyl and 1/4, ejectors, trigger plate action with vine leaf arabesque engraving, automatic lever safety on the extended target, exquisitely grained stock with straight grip, Bakelite butt plate 36,5 cm, forearm with Anson push-rod, barrel and upper lever inscribed with gold "1" and "2", blank gold stock monogram plate, year of manufacture between 1905 and 1909 corresponding to barrel address, re-firing 1954, condition 2, in a leather covered oak case with maker's label, buffer cartridges and oil bottle. James MacNaughton patented these unique trigger plate locks back in 1879, his neighbor John Dickson later developed the famous "Dickson Round Action" from them. Today, both names are under the same roof in Edinburgh as "Dickson & MacNaughton".