Lot Essay
Gun No. 25625 was completed circa 1939 and the No. 2 gun was built to match in 1948. They appear to have been very little used
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 25625 (No. 1) and 25996 (No. 2), best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with exstensions, the chopper-lump barrels with sunken game-ribs
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A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 25625 (No. 1) and 25996 (No. 2), best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with exstensions, the chopper-lump barrels with sunken game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 4oz., 14 7/8in. pulls, 28in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. &¼ (No. 1) and¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 4oz., 14 7/8in. pulls, 28in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. &¼ (No. 1) and¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case