Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1887
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 12704, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish, well-figured stock with extension, the heel mounted with a 'Gallwey Game Marker', the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib and reversed chokes
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A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 12704, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish, well-figured stock with extension, the heel mounted with a 'Gallwey Game Marker', the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib and reversed chokes
Weight 6lb. 11½oz., 14½in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
With a set of interchangeable extra chopper-lump barrels by H. Atkin
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 27in. barrels, approx. ½ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
The whole in a brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 11½oz., 14½in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¾ & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
With a set of interchangeable extra chopper-lump barrels by H. Atkin
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 27in. barrels, approx. ½ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
The whole in a brass-mounted oak and leather case