A 12-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 14500, side-clips, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll-engraving, figured stock with extension, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with three-quarter raised rib

The Property of RONALD EYRE, Esq.

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A 12-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 14500, side-clips, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll-engraving, figured stock with extension, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with three-quarter raised rib
Weight 7lb. 7½oz., 15½in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 5/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In a brass-mounted oak-lined leather case

Lot Essay

Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1894 without a safety mechanism and that a safety was subsequently fitted by them in 1959. Of the two original sets of barrels, only the extra set remain

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