GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
RARE CHARLES LANCASTER "COLINDIAN" SEMI-SMOOTH RIFLED BALL AND SHOT GUN WITH BOXLOCK TYPE SPRING COCKING ("WRIST BREAKER") ACTION.C. LANCASTERSXS PARADOX756812(ca 1895) Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4" Chambers. 30" Dovetailed steel bbls are fitted with short matted quarter rib with two folding leaf rear sights, marked for 50 and 100 yards. Front sight bead is in short matching ramp. Sunken mid rib is engraved "CHARLES LANCASTER 151 NEW BOND ST. LONDON". Tops of bbls are engraved "The Colindian Reg'd A Rifled Gun for Shot Or Ball" and "Non Fouling Smooth Overbore Rifling". Bbl flats are stamped with London black powder proofs and Birmingham re-proofs for 2-3/4" chambers. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with "CL" and SNs. A steel bar for depressing mainsprings is slotted through front lump. Boxlock type action with automatic safety and dbl triggers is of spring cocking design with slot in water table holding cocking cams. Gun is of "Colonial" grade devoid of engraving, with only "Charles Lancaster" on each side and "Patent Safety" on trigger plate. SN is on trigger guard tang. Nicely fiddle figured and well marbled European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14-3/4" over Silver type pad mounted on old Silver base plate with spur. Widely spaced point pattern checkering is at grip, and a vacant silver oval is on toe line. Matching splinter forend is near fully checkered, has inset fancy steel tip, and Lancaster's sugar tong spring tension release. Bore diameter: left -.732, right - .732. Bore restrictions: left - .000, right - .000 (differential across oval appears to be about .009 - 010). Wall thickness: left - .038, right - .040. Drop at heel: 2-7/16", drop at comb: 1-9/16". Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz. LOP: 14-3/4". PROVENANCE: Firearms history on Colindian. CONDITION: Fine, as refinished. Bbls retain nearly all of a satin re-black over some marks and dings. Action cleaned to coin finish. Top lever, trigger plate and trigger guard re-blued over some pitting. Stocks nicely refinished with a few subsequent marks, checkering re-cut. Bores are very fine to excellent, lightly frosted. Action is tight. A very rare paradox variant. 51872-27 MGM175 (7,500-10,000)