LONG ENGLISH “BANK” GUN CIRCA 1780

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FINE QUALITY ENGLISH DUCK HUNTING GUN CIRCA 1780. LARGER THAN A FOWLING PIECE, SMALLER THAN A PUNT GUN, IDEALLY FIRED FROM THE RIVER BANK AT A GROUP OF DUCKS. AROUND ABOUT 10 BORE CALIBRE. THE BARREL 57 INCHES LONG, 73 INCHES OVERALL. BY BRANDER OF THE MINORIES LONDON, ORIGINALLY IN FLINTLOCK, SKILLFULLY CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION CIRCA 1830. FRESH BREECH ADDED, THE LOCK PLATE RE-ENGRAVED TO THE STANDARD OF THE HAMMER. GUN WAS MOST PROBABLY ORIGINALLY FULL STOCKED, CONVERTED TO HALF STOCK AT THE TIME OF ITS CONVERSION TO PERCUSSION, AS WAS THE FASHION OF THE TIME. THE STOCK STILL OF TWO PART TAKE-DOWN DESIGN WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL WHEN THE GUN WAS FULL STOCKED. LOCK HAS A GOO STRONG MAIN SPRING, BUT IS NOT CURRENTLY CATCHING THE SEAR AND NEEDS LOOKING AT. FINELY ENGRAVED BRASS STOCK FURNITURE WITH ACORN FINIAL TO THE TRIGGER GUARD. ORIGINAL BRASS TIPPED WOODEN RAMROD. SILVER FORE-SIGHT. NICE LOOKING GOOD QUALITY PIECE.