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I thought I dig this one out of the cabinet. It is a double percussion shotgun in 15 Bore by W. Worrall, Foregate Street, Chester, Cheshire. Thomas & James Worrall traded from that address from 1854 to 1859 until; by the look of things, one of the partners passed away and continued under James only during 1859 before passing to Mrs. Worrall who was presumably the widow of one of the original partners and continued on until 1864. With the gun being marked W. Worrall I can only conclude that this was referring to the Widow. I would suspect that she employed skilled workman until the business closed. It would require a lot more research to unravel the full story. It is in very good condition and has a rather interesting Damascus pattern to the barrels.

Never heard of a15 bore before.

Pretty gun

Old Muzzle loaders came in all sorts of sizes. I have a double 13 bore and a couple of double 14 bores and a single 15 bore and also a couple of single 18 bores. Nothing seemed standard in those days.

Wow!!!! That is fantastic. How about some full size pictrues? I'll bet the wood is pretty.

You must have a big cabinet stuffed for of wonderful guns

Towd, you must have a museum!
Makes one wonder how many total man years it took just for the engraving your collection

That's a beautiful shotgun.

Absolutely gorgeous gun!!!!!

Thank you for your kind comments. I'll try to get a full length photo to add to the post soon.

Curious if you have any drillings in the collection.
I like the old guns and have several doubles.

Yes, I have one Drilling. I did own a double 8x57JR 16x16 that was rather a nice gun and engraved with boar and roe deer but sold it some time back. I still have a 16x16 .22rf. that was re-tubed from a 7x57R This one has the claw mounted scope but has a totally plain action. Not pretty but useful. Quite accurate and the 16 bore chambers are 2 3/4". I'll see about getting some pictures for a later posting.

Awesome
I've seen two recently at local stores here.