If you like lever-gun, shotguns this is one I have not seen before. A lot of interesting stuff shows up at Holt's auctions. Estimate £700-900 which I expect will be about half what it sells for. You can find a sketch on the web to see the internals and how it works. Kind of cool. Wish I could buy it but you just can not buy all the cool stuff.
https://www.holtsauctioneers.com/as...324+++1597+&refno=101465&image=0

How many in the magazine?

What did it sell for, Jon?

Auction still coming up. Hold four shells in the magazine. Most of these repeaters are restricted to fewer shells in UK. This is a 16 gauge, 2 3/4" chamber so was reproofed in 2023 for Black Powder. I still am trying to find out what bar pressure Black powder is for 12, 16 and 20. All I want is a number like 500 Bars so I can figure out a service pressure for non Black loads.

What a beautifully shaped stock on what most would consider a rather ungainly gun. The Brits definitely knew (know) how to stock a gun - whether it be single shot, bolt action, double bbl, o/u and even lever action.

Ungainly is in the eye of the beholder. Took a Browning to Pakistan and sold it there; pointed beautifully.

Is the lever drooping or is that a designed feature?

noted that, and wonder if it might be a manual safety feature?

best regards,

tom

Is this considered an antique in the UK or does it require import paperwork?

I think the year 1896 is a important year in UK. Anyways that gun is pre 1898 so importing it should be a straight forwards thing. Holt's will state the DOM on the invoice and freight bills. You could even have a service import it to the US and have them ship it directly to you. I did everything myself on a couple 1870's doubles but it took half a day dealing with people, getting them to do their job and walking them through things that were in plain English if they ever looked at the regulations.