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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1897. The No.1 gun requires rejointing
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. WOODWARD, NO. 5196/7
The action-bodies with carved arcaded fences, the lockplates with protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, the No.1 gun with very slight traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with butt-plates, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 153/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No.1), nitro reproof (No.2), No.1 right bore-dimension marginal at .729
The action-bodies with carved arcaded fences, the lockplates with protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, the No.1 gun with very slight traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with butt-plates, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 11oz., 153/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No.1), nitro reproof (No.2), No.1 right bore-dimension marginal at .729