Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1934
The Property of
PETER B. LAKE, Esq.
A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'SPRING-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS_BY H. ATKIN, No. 3142/3, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'SPRING-OPENER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS_BY H. ATKIN, No. 3142/3, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, figured stocks, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 7½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 6½oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. stocks, 28in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. &½ (No. 1) and I.C. &¾ (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 2 left barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 7½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 6½oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. stocks, 28in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. &½ (No. 1) and I.C. &¾ (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 2 left barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case