JOSEPH LANG & SONS HAMMER UNDERLEVER DOUBLE RIFLE. SN 5346. Cal. 360 2-1/4”. Fine lightweight medium game double rifle with 27” steel bbls, flat, hand-matted rib with Rocky Mtn. style front sight and 3-leaf platinum line express rear sight. It has extractors & dbl underbites with a tiny round receiver with deep firing pin wells and back action locks with high spur gooseneck hammers. Receiver, lockplates, hammers & appended metal are nicely engraved with about 50% coverage foliate arabesque patterns with maker’s name on each lockplate. It has maker’s name & address on tops of bbls. Mounted with very highly figured English walnut with a tiny horn insert, schnable tipped, splinter forearm with sgl wedge and pistol grip stock with a major professional gunsmith repair through wrist, 14-1/4” over a checkered steel buttplate. It has sling eyes on stock & bbls. Weight: 6 lbs, 15.36 oz. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection CONDITION: Very good. Bbls retain about 95% strong bright blue with chemical spots around muzzles. Receiver & lockplates retain bright case colors in sheltered areas with balance fading to silver. Stock, with its repaired wrist, and forearm, missing a few chips from edges, otherwise wood is sound with forearm showing moderate to heavy wear and retaining a dark worn finish. Stock shows heavy wear with light nicks & dings and retains a beautiful hand worn patina. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores with some minor roughness just in front of chambers. 4-59710 JR311 (2,000-3,000)
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