Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1903. They have recently been given an extensive overhaul
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, No. 1745/6, non-selective single-triggers, the fences chiselled in relief with stylized acanthus foliage, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY F. BEESLEY, No. 1745/6, non-selective single-triggers, the fences chiselled in relief with stylized acanthus foliage, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pulls, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (1992)
In their oak and leather case with canvas cover
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Weight 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pulls, 29¾in. barrels, all approx. cyl., 2½in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (1992)
In their oak and leather case with canvas cover
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