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Category - Antique Shotguns - Cartridge - Shotguns - English Double Antique

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Antique Shotguns - Cartridge
Shotguns - English Double Antique

English W.R. PAPE 12 Gauge BOXLOCK Double Barrel HAMMERLESS Shotgun C&R VERY NICE 12 Gauge English Made Shotgun

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English W.R. PAPE 12 Gauge BOXLOCK Double Barrel HAMMERLESS Shotgun C&R   

VERY NICE 12 Gauge English Made Shotgun

Here we present an antique W. R. Pape English Double Barrel Side by Side Boxlock Hammerless Shotgun, manufactured circa the turn of the century in Newcastle, England. William Rochester Pape was born in Amble, Northumberland, England in 1831, the son of James and Dorothy Pape. He opened in first shop in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1858, expanding his family's game dealership, and produced his first shotgun in 1857. In the 1860s, he expanded his business, buying another premises at 29 Collingwood Street, Newcastle. In 1866, he invented the choke boring system for shotguns, British Patent No. 1501, (later developed by W.W. Greener) and went on to patent a system of mechanically retracting firing pins, improving on this system later that year, and again in 1870.

Pape won the London Field Trials in 1858, 1859 and 1866, and came second and third in class 1 for choke border guns and first in class 2 for cylinders in 1875. He won a prize medal at the Royal Mining Engineering Jubilee Exhibition in 1887 and received a diploma of merit at the Glasgow exhibition in 1889. Pape retired in 1889, leaving his business to his son, Victor, and died in 1923 after a road traffic accident.

England and Belgium were the epicenter for European gunmaking all the way through the turn of the century. This is an English fowling piece that is elegant in its simplicity and practicality. This double barrel rotary underlever hammer gun would have been used primarily for putting game on the table or defending one’s property.

The overall condition is fine. Original finish. Robust action. This example contains a slight wiggle at the hinge. Bright, smooth bores throughout with a bit of pitting at the breech end. Solid stock with an average amount of wear and the checkering has smoothed over from use. Legible markings.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrels: 30 inches.

Caliber: 12 Gauge

Chambers: 2-1/2 inch with extractor

Chokes: Modified / Full

Length of Pull: 14-1/2 inches

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1450

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