15 3/8" moderately figured wood to checkered butt. W RICHARDS, PRESTON & LIVERPOOL, 20 bore, BLE, 2 1/2", 27" with Churchill rib choked Mod/IMod. Cased with Andrew Johnson embossed on the lid. even - a gift from John Olin to its original owner Andrew Johnson. Action edges show slight wear to blacking, gold "J" inlaid into trigger guard. 14", dropped checkered side panels and highly figured wood to orange recoil pad. Few examples appear in the rooms and this example was snapped up for £750.WINCHESTER, USA, 20 bore, BLE, serial #9295, 2 3/4", Trap grade two barrel set, 26" choked Sk1/Sk2. There were inherent weaknesses in the system because the pin was thin and liable to corrode, so in the sporting field the system did not find great favour.
The system was famously adopted by the Prussian army and used successfully in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866.
To ignite the charge a long, needle-like firing pin passed through the powder to strike the detonator. His cartridges were basically paper parcels containing powder and shot with a detonator between the two. The German gunsmith Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse began experimenting in the 1820s but it was not until 1836 that he patented his first viable cartridge gun. Needlefire was one of the earliest systems in the development of a successful breech-loading cartridge gun. Needlefire noveltyġ6-bore Dreyse Patent needlefire double-barrelled sporting gun – £750 at Southams.Īmong the rarities at Southams’ (17.5% buyer’s premium) specialist sale in Bedford on March 14 was a 16-bore Dreyse Patent needlefire double-barrelled sporting gun. In May they sold above estimate for £10,000. The British army sent 30 trucks to evacuate the family and their chattels and these guns were presented to Colonel Paul McConnell of the Cheshire regiment for his part in rescuing the duke. Under agreed protocols the Free State of Brunswick was supposed to be part of the British zone of occupation but a change in plan meant that the ducal seat at Blankenburg Castle suddenly ended up in Russian hands. Most interesting, though, were the gold inlaid crown monograms on each top lever, indicating the ownership of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, the last reigning monarch of the House of Hanover.Īfter the Second World War, in July 1945, the duke found himself in a difficult predicament.
The scroll and bouquet engraving on the lock was reminiscent of the best London game guns, though the half-pistol grips and sling swivels on stock and barrel betrayed their Continental origins. The guns concerned were 16 bores made by C Wertgarner.
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