Neat shotgun. I was tracking that one, but will not be bidding.
I just received back from Dan Morgan a John Dickson 12 bore hammer gun that also used Purdey's patent 1104, but without the pierced/bifurcated trigger guard.
The Dickson is from 1874 and bears patent use number 3677. I believe it's been discussed here before that P.U.N.s aren't a reliable dating tool, but it is interesting to see that between the Lancaster built in 1863 and the Dickson in 1874, over three thousand uses of the patent were tracked.
Last edited by CJF; 06/27/25 01:16 PM.
