Pinfire shotguns are in a sort of limbo here in Britland at the moment if you do not use the gun at all its classed as using obsolete ammunition so there is no requirement to have a licence to possess sell or display, but if you do bring the gun into use you are required then to have it added as a working gun on your shot gun licence typical Brit laws. In view of the legal requirements the gun is far more valuable and saleable if it is kept just as a curio.
The one in my collection is Samuel Ebrall 12 bore Birmingham high end trade manufacture with locks built by Brazier though the hammers to me seem very top heavy in looks though the gun has one redeeming feature a very extended to strap.
It spent all of its working life on the marshes wildfowling the barrels are Damascus but have the remnants of “Russet Browning” this type of browning was very popular on the Brit north west coast with wildfowlers thick rust saturated with a mixture of tallow and goose fat to keep the rust at bay. The barrels are still in proof with very little pitting so it seems to have been well looked after even to the point of having a repair to the comb after some damage.
