Picked this up this morning:
Just a plain boxlock non-ejector. Not something I would be looking for but I have an interest in guns made locally to where I live. This by Lisle of Derby, England. 12 bore, 30" steel barrels, nitro proof 2 1/2" chambers sometime between 1904 and 1925. No address on the top rib so I can't narrow it farther than that. Two very, very small barrel dents and could do with tightening slightly. Well in proof on both barrels. Slight internal blemishes which should polish out without requirement to re-proof. Otherwise a plain honest working gun. Bought it for the princely sum of £40 so worth the trouble of the minor work needed.
Next photo shows the curious Trade Mark of Lisle's which is that of a tiger on the trigger guard bow. He did name some of his cartridges as the Tiger Brand. No idea of the origins of the trade mark but I have seen it on all Lisle's guns except ones of the very lowest quality which were made on a Ward's 'Target' action. I'd love to find out why a tiger mark. Lagopus.....
