Description
Item number : UK DIXON LOAD 5447-0
Origin : United Kingdom
Style : Loading tube
Gauge : 12
Maker : James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield
Markings : “JAMES DIXON & SONS SHEFFIELD”, on one side of the tube and “REGISTERED APRIL 2 – 1873, 10” on the other side.
Length : 130mm excl ball of the rammer and 160 mm inc.
Weight : 61 grams excluding rammer, 106 incl.
Materials body : Brass and steel spring inside
Paint : N.a.
Condition : Good
Repairs : None
Remarks :
The 1882 calls this the “Barclay’s new registered loader.
The remarkable thing about this item is, that it doesn’t bear a catalogue number as usual.