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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A rare Larsen & Winterros lever action shotgun, 1885 circa

Estimate

€ 1.000 - 1.500

Sold

€ 2.750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Belgium
length 122 cm.
Smoothbore, round, 12 gauge barrel with checkered back rib and white metal foresight. Beautiful finishing made of damask. Frame with "LARSEN WINTERROS PATENT" mark. Lever loading mechanism with longitudinal slide bolt and tubular magazine concealed in the fore-end. Mark of the Liège test bench and inspector's mark. Walnut butt and fore-end, both finely checkered. The metal parts with much of the antique browning. The cocking lever in blue, the other functional components polished in steel colour. Butt-plate and end part of the fore-end made of ebony or brown horn. Well working mechanism.