Early 20th Century, Charles Osborne & Co London 12 Bore Double Barrel Side By Side Hammer breech Loading Top Lever Break Action Sporting Shotgun. **EARLY UK/EU DEACTIVATION CERTIFICATED** D 6006 12 Bore/gauge Side By Side

Early 20th Century, Charles Osborne & Co London 12 Bore Double Barrel Side By Hammer Breech Loading Top Lever Break Action Sporting Shotgun. **EARLY UK/EU DEACTIVATION CERTIFICATED** D 6006 - D 6006

Charles Osborne commenced trading under his own name C1845 in Lichfield Street, Birmingham but by 1855 he was in Whittall Street, Birmingham where he maintained premises right up until 1928 when the business was acquired by Skimin & Wood, a highly respected gunmaker to the trade. Osborne first opened for business in London in 1881 in the vicinity of Houses of Parliament in 1885 where he stayed until the business left London in 1928. Charles Osborne became a Limited company in 1896. This is a double barrel hammer sporting shotgun by Charles Osborne & Co made sometime in the early 20th Century. It has 30” blued steel barrels. The barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib and brass bead foresight. The rib is signed ‘Chas Osborne & Co London’. It has its original walnut stock which has just light, bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use, double hammers and double triggers. The wrist & fore stock have chequered panels and the underside of the stock has an inlaid escutcheon. The action is signed by the maker ‘Chas Osborne & Co’ on the left & right sides amongst foliate decoration. The shotgun is number 76862. Deactivated to early UK / EU specification in 2018 the weapon’s top lever break action opens the breech and the gun cocks and dry fires. The price includes UK/EU deactivation certificate & UK delivery. D 6006

£495.00