Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1985 and they appear to be virtually unused. They are of superlative quality
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A FINE PAIR OF CASBARD-ENGRAVED 20-BORE (2¾IN) SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY PETER CHAPMAN, NO. 0048/49
Purdey/Beesley self-opening actions, non-selective single-triggers, cocking-indicators, best engraving of bold acanthus-scrollwork with full colour-hardened and blued finish, the maker's name signed in gold on the undersides of the action-bodies and on the lockplates, the triggerplates signed 'CASBARD', boldly-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 5lb. 15oz., 14.3/8in. stocks, 28in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
Purdey/Beesley self-opening actions, non-selective single-triggers, cocking-indicators, best engraving of bold acanthus-scrollwork with full colour-hardened and blued finish, the maker's name signed in gold on the undersides of the action-bodies and on the lockplates, the triggerplates signed 'CASBARD', boldly-figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 5lb. 15oz., 14.3/8in. stocks, 28in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & ¾ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof