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Joseph Lang Scarce Key Lock Sidelock
Guns International #: 100574251 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Lang, Joseph Shotguns - Shotguns - English Double
Seller's Information
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Seller: M.W. Reynolds, Inc.
Company: M.W. Reynolds, Inc.
Member Since: 4/20/10
State: Colorado
Zip: 80202
Country: United States
Phone: (303) 761-0021
Fax: (303) 761-0236
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Number of Active Listings: 24
Total Number of Listings: 3218
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We ship UPS Ground Insured
Payment Types Accepted: Personal or Bank Check
About Us: We've been dealing in fine guns since 2005.
Description:
SALE PENDING Joseph Lang Key Lock Sidelock, a very scarce key lock detachable sidelock, 12 bore, original 2 3/4" chambers and so stamped on the barrels underneath, original 28" fluid steel nitro proved barrels choked .012 IC and .021 Mod. with the right tube engraved "Joseph Lang & Son, 102 New Bond Street London" and left tube engraved "Abercrombie & Fitch Co. New York U.S.A.", 14 5/16" LOP (rear position single trigger) over a thin leather faced Silver's pad, 1 3/4" DAC, 2 3/4" DAH, neutral cast, 6 lbs. 12 oz., ejectors, single trigger, open radious pistol grip, splinter forend, automatic safety with "SAFE" in gold, sideclips, hand detachable Key Lock opening sidelocks featuring a small hinged door that lifts to reveal a skeleton lock hole that allows the special key to be inserted and turned counter clockwise about 1/8th turn unlatching a bolt in the rear of the plate and while still holding the key in that position pull the locks off, the lock bridles are gold plated for corrosion protection and most of the other pieces of the locks nickel plated, lock plates are a smaller height than normal dictating a rather compact lock design, fine English rose and scroll engraving with "Joseph Lang & Son" engraved on both sides of action, drop points, cocking indicators, dolls head 3rd bite rib extension, nicely figured English walnut with fine checkering, circa 1915. Very excellent restored to as new condition with 100% new case colors. Bores .735 in both and min. barrel wall thickness at .026 and .025. Comes with key.
Lang developed the Key Lock hand detachable action in 1910 undoubtedly to market oppo Holland's screw lever hand detachable locks. The Lang system was certainly a more interesting and complicated system but short lived, likely a consequence of World War I. In 1914, Lang entered into an agreement with Abercrombie to be the sole US importer of their shotguns for a five year period. With the war having just begun, Lang's production in 1914 held at around 250 guns but production fell in 1915 the year this gun was made to only 170 guns. The remaining four years of the Abercrombie agreement, Lang made only 86 guns total. Detachable locks were never standard on all Lang guns but a "special" option or model thus their scarcity. Many of these Key Lock guns seen do have the Abercrombie markings so undoubtedly someone at Abercrombie liked the design. After the war, Lang moved to a Holland style long screw design through both locks but instead of a lever like Holland, utilized a lift-up circle hidden door as a grip point. This was obviously a simpler and cheaper way to make a detachable lock gun.
SOLD