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Extremely Interesting Vermont Swivel Breech Shotgun
Guns International #: 103279485 Seller's Inventory #: 49043
Category: Antique Rifles - Single Shot - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1432
Total Number of Listings: 24698
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
NSN, .46 Caliber CF (approximately .410 Bore), 26 3/8" barrel with an about good, lightly pitted bore. This is a very interesting and well-made gun that has a rotating barrel that travels 180º and has a cam extractor that extends when the barrel is fully rotated. Cocking the action is via a lever on the right side of the receiver. The metal has an overall dark plum-brown patina with some areas of mild surface oxidation scattered throughout, as well as some streaks of mottled dark gray along the barrel. The gun has integral front and rear sights, and may have been rifled originally. The wooden buttstock has a vibrant tiger-stripe grain with minor handling marks and small blemishes scattered about its somewhat dried surface, and the gun is not equipped with a trigger guard, although it seems as though a single anchor point for a fragile guard that broke off is present behind the trigger on the lower wrist tang. That said, the lock-up is still quite firm and the action is fully functional. No markings are present on the gun, but the previous owner stated that it was inherited from a grandfather who lived in the Brattleboro, VT area. Interestingly, a very similar breech-loading action was patented by Richard S. Lawrence, of Robbins & Lawrence in Windsor, VT, in 1852, utilizing side-hammer percussion ignition and a barrel that only rotated 90º instead of 180º as is the case here. Lawrence’s patent is illustrated on page 155 of "Vermont’s Gunsmiths And Gunmakers To 1900" by Harry Phillips and Terry Tyler, {2000}. No further information has yet been uncovered regarding any possible connections between the two designs save for the close geographic proximity of Brattleboro to Windsor, but this may have been an improvement on Lawrence’s original patent designed for use with modern metallic cartridge ammunition. This is a very well-made gun, with an intriguing swiveling breech design, and would make a splendid addition to any collection. Antique;
Price: $1,195.00
Antique: Yes