CONSTRUCTED FOR MSSRS. GYE & MONCRIEFF A CASED 8-BORE SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER

CONSTRUCTED FOR MSSRS. GYE & MONCRIEFF A CASED 8-BORE SINGLE-BARRELLED ROTARY-UNDERLEVER HAMMERGUN, serial no. 1149, 41 3/4in. black powder only barrel with hexagonal breech section and engraved 'CONSTRUCTED FOR MSSRS. GYE & MONCRIEFF. ST. JAMES'S ST. LONDON.', Jones patent rotary-underlever, carved percussion fence, non-rebounding back-action lock signed 'CONSTRUCTED FOR MSSRS. GYE & MONCRIEFF LONDON', retaining some original colour-hardening, 14 5/8in. figured stock including steel buttplate, fore-end with crosspin release and sculpted horn finial, weight 11lb. 7oz., in its leather case (some mothing, blocking loose). Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament