John Dickson & Son Round-Action made in 1904 - Re-manufactured
12 gauge, patent triggerplate action, side-by-side shotgun
This is an opportunity to obtain a bespoke gun and go through the stages of building a gun to your specification but with reduction in waiting time and cost over a new gun build.
This particular gun has crisp bouquet and rose scroll panel engraving pattern from the Sumner workshop.
New 28 inch chopper-lump barrels have already been fitted to advance this build and bring down the delivery time.
- A new stock and fore-end with your choice of stock blank
- New internal springs and pins where necessary, all new pins externally
- New gold wash to protect the internal components
- All engraving picked-up where necessary on furniture
- Best colour hardening reapplied to protect and enhance the external surfaces of the gun
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Provenance
Delivered as a single gun to a prominent gentleman in Edinburgh who ran the success family business of William Ritchie & Sons - Photographers, Wholesale Stationers and Printers.
You can see Dickson's shop in this picture postcard of Princes Street in 1900,
printed by William Ritchie & Sons
Specification
- Price: £30,000
- Gauge: 12
- Barrel Length: 28in
- Chambers: 2 3/4in (70mm)
- Proof: London Nitro Proof
- Chokes: TBA
- Stock Length: TBA
- Weight: TBD