THE LARGEST SHOTGUN FORM PRODUCED TO BE SHOULDER FIRED**Victorian Blanks (Essex Or Suffolk) Massive 4 Bore Percussion Muzzle Loading Wildfowling Shotgun With Walnut Stock & Ramrod. 4 Bore/gauge Muzzleloader

**THE LARGEST SHOTGUN FORM PRODUCED TO BE SHOULDER FIRED**Victorian Blanks (Essex Or Suffolk) Massive 4 Bore Percussion Muzzle Loading Wildfowling Shotgun With Walnut Stock & Ramrod. Sn 20471 - 20471

Edward Charles Blanks was an English Gunmaker recorded at Saxmundham Suffolk 1838 & is possibly the same man recorded as Edward Blanks working at Rochford Essex 1850. The gunmaker William Blanks is recorded at High Street Maldon Essex 1791-1851 and a gunmaker named Robert Blanks is recorded at Rochford 1855-1874 and another William Blanks is recorded at Rochford 1831-1869. It is not known if these men are related (see pages 173 & 174 of British Gunmakers Vol 2 by Brown). This is a massive percussion wildfowling gun by a gunmaker named Blanks no doubt one of the aforementioned gun smiths and is the largest form, intended to be fired from the shoulder. This gun is 5 feet 5 ½” overall length. It is a massive 4 bore and has a 48” round brown wash steel barrel. Its smooth bore is clean. It has an excellent walnut stock with chequered wrist, German Silver fore stock cap and stock mounts including an inlaid void disc to the underside of the shoulder stock. The stock has a steel butt plate with extended tang. The plain action plate is signed by the maker ‘Blanks’. It has a heavy steel Dolphin hammer. The barrel has a small German Silver post foresight. The piece is complete with its original ebonised wood ramrod with brass end cap and tip which unscrews to reveal a worm. Its cocking & firing actions work perfectly. The price for this massive shoulder fired fowling piece worthy of further research includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display.Sn 20471

£2,495.00