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  • The Field

    A MULTI-SHOT SPORTING GUN

    Mar 11, 2021 2 minutes
    BY MARK MURRAY FLUTTER

    HE late 17th century through to the early 18th century was an age of elegance and decorative excellence for English gun-making. As works of decorative or ornamental art, firearms made in this period are unrivalled in their refinement, with decoration probably unsurpassed before or, indeed, after. This period

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