![]() ![]() This was used extensively by him for collecting bird specimens, especially on his overseas trips to France, Spain, Balearic Islands, Algeria, Albania etc., Ticehurst (1881-1941) British ornithologist and surgeon. ![]() Popular Handbook of Indian Birds in good condition. Dictionary of Birds corners bumped, some movement to spine, Birds of Suffolk, occasional spotting/light foxing, part d.w. Small chip to horn handle and old stable crack handle running up handle. length 88cm.Condition:Old splits to cane, mostly at breach end, this has been later wire bound. Popular Handbook of Indian Birds, 1935 green cloth d.w, (4). Ticehurst laid down to end papers dated 1903, green cloth, Ticehurst C.B A History of the Birds of Suffolk,1932 and Whistler H. single shot walking stick shotgun c.1900unsigned, probably French 29.5" cane covered barrel, twist and pull action, angled horn handle, metal ferrule, (deactivated), together with Newton A, A Dictionary of Birds 1896, C.B Ticehurst bookplate, hand written letter from Alfred Newton to C.B. ![]() Somewhere I have a picture of an instruction leaflet which went with the gun, and also a section view, if you drop a message to my email address ( ) I will send you a copy of the above as soon as I rescue them.A 7mm. However, you can imagine it is not as versatile and reliable with any cartridge, as other guns can be. No indication of trouble with the extraction, which, reportedly, was the main cause of the lack of success of the gun. Mine is in 12, but I never shot it, who have done says it has a heavy recoil, maybe for the weight of the gun is a bit too light. The most of the gun was chambered in 12 ga, so that 16 ga are very scarce today. The chamber keeps the fluting of the parent gun. When the bolt is closed, the high end of its face is hooked to the frame, while the rear corner, low, seats in the frame.Īs you shoot, the case push the bolt face and forces the bolt to tilt, raising the rear portion of the bolt and making it free. It has an hesitation blowback action instead of the gas operated one of the original gun. As already said, it has been based on the soviet SVT 40 rifle. ![]()
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