Lyons Shotgun
OK, I don't have any pictures to post as the wife is on a trip with the digital camera but I would like to find out about a shotgun I acquired so I will try my best to describe it and see if I can find any info.
SxS muzzle-loader, percussion double-trigger, with wooden (hickory?) rod. 1-piece stock with checkered grip and smooth fore-end, metal butt-plate. Marked "Lyons" on each sideplate and "London" on the top barrel strap. Heavily engraved including trigger-guard, straight grip, 28" bbls. with brass bead front sight.
The barrel has stampings: "10" and "No. 20" and proof marks. Also stamped "Patent" but I can't make out the numbers. I assume it is a 10ga. as a dime and a penny will fit in the barrel at the muzzle but a nickel won't.
Condition wise it's pretty good but is missing the left hammer, the wood is cracked at the wrist and has 1 replacement screw at the rear of the top tang. Overall finish is really not a bad patina and the metal is very good with some surface rust, not a lot of wear and the scroll-work is sharp and well defined. The checkering is still pretty good with some "edge" to the touch. All the parts seem original to the gun and complete with the exception of the tang-screw and missing hammer.
I am not so much interested in a value estimate as I really got it for a wall-hanger but I am looking for info about it so if anybody has some history I would appreciate hearing it.
Thanks.
SxS muzzle-loader, percussion double-trigger, with wooden (hickory?) rod. 1-piece stock with checkered grip and smooth fore-end, metal butt-plate. Marked "Lyons" on each sideplate and "London" on the top barrel strap. Heavily engraved including trigger-guard, straight grip, 28" bbls. with brass bead front sight.
The barrel has stampings: "10" and "No. 20" and proof marks. Also stamped "Patent" but I can't make out the numbers. I assume it is a 10ga. as a dime and a penny will fit in the barrel at the muzzle but a nickel won't.
Condition wise it's pretty good but is missing the left hammer, the wood is cracked at the wrist and has 1 replacement screw at the rear of the top tang. Overall finish is really not a bad patina and the metal is very good with some surface rust, not a lot of wear and the scroll-work is sharp and well defined. The checkering is still pretty good with some "edge" to the touch. All the parts seem original to the gun and complete with the exception of the tang-screw and missing hammer.
I am not so much interested in a value estimate as I really got it for a wall-hanger but I am looking for info about it so if anybody has some history I would appreciate hearing it.
Thanks.
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Not a familiar name, but...
Look on the underside of the barrels for proof marks. This will give us a pretty fair indication of origin. ELG in some form or another will be Belgium. Crown, crossed swords, or roses will be England. I daresay not a German gun because the configuration would be different from what you mentioned.
Value for such a piece will be disappointingly low. Damage, replacement parts, and general lack of interest in guns of this style and period contribute to this fact.
Unless the gun has special provenance or is outstanding in some other way, then it's generally thought of as a wallhanger and little more.
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