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An ABSOLUTELY fantastic Dougall!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Dustin

It's a real shame that the Dougall records have been lost as he was in the "thick" of it during the early years of the developement of the breechloader.
I suggest another book written by R Gordon Cumming if you want to develope a healthy respect for the British double gun.

Wow - awesome.

What's the thing with the three spires, two gold, one green? I've never seen one of those before.

Thanks for the pics.

OWD

OWD it is a capper-decapper made by Dixon. The .500 3" case is put on one column to cap by using the lever side to side the other column decaps.Thanks for all of your comments. I will try to send more detailed pictures tomorrow with a list of the accessories.

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Accessories: top left is powder container, from left turnscrew, .500 stuck case remover, turnscrew, Dixon capper/decapper, glass oil bottle, horn container with spare firing pins and pins for decapper, horn container with copper tubes for inserting into the cast bullets, wrench for removing firing pins, nose plug for bullet mold, handle for cleaning rod under barrels, bullet sizer, three different cleaning jags, .500 bullet mold, .500 3" sizing die, die case removal punch, adj. powder measure 4 to 5 drams, sizing die punch, not shown paper patch die. All accessories are original to the case and rifle.

That's sweet....all the lovely old tackle really ices up the already pretty rich cake doesn't it?...awesome stuff.
I love wood like that, black steaks over very kinda warm chestnut brown
franc

Very cool.

Thanks again,

OWD

John Wilkes entered into a partnership with Dougall around the time of the move to Bennett St, 1883. Nigel Brown's book makes the comment that 'By the 1880s, the lockfast action, including the hammerless version, would have been obsolete with the rapid advance of the top lever hammerless ejector mechanisms available.'

His book also indicates that a Mr Keith Woodvine of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in England is a leading expert on Dougall and supplied Brown with some idea of serial number dating: 1880 - approx serial no 3780; 1884 - approx serial no 4000; 1892 - approx serial no 4230

As has been mentioned, Dougall's London records were apparently lost, along with the early John Wilkes records, when accidentally left out for collection by the dustbin men collecting refuse! In fact, John Wilkes appears to have carried on using Dougall serial numbers when he set up his own business in 1894, following Dougall's death in 1891.

Tim

Thanks guys, not the answer I was hoping for, but a lot of good info from you. The top of the case has embossed the letters
"W A F" with a partial shipping label that says Northern Railroad. The rifle appears to be little used with bright bores and no frosting or pitting. The rifling appears to be the "semi smooth" type that Holland and Holland used.
Thanks Tim for the lead on Keith Woodvine, the serial number of 4168 would indicate a date of around 1888.