Description
Item number : UK DIXON LOAD 5447-1
Origin : United Kingdom
Style : Loading tube
Gauge : 12
Maker : James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield
Markings : “JAMES DIXON & SONS SHEFFIELD”, “REGISTERED no. 4754” and “12”” on the wooden body.
Length : 145mm excl ball of the rammer and 175 mm inc.
Weight : 143 grams excluding rammer, 228 incl.
Materials body : rose wood and bronze spring inside
Paint : N.a.
Condition : Very good although block is missing
Repairs : None
Remarks :
There is no catalogue number on this tool. I have seen quite a few identical ones with the Dixon name.