Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1935 and appear to have been very little used
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A FINE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'IMPERIAL XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E. J. CHURCHILL, No. 5455/6, best bold engraving of large foliate-scrolls with much hardening-colour and blueing, the action-bars gold-inlaid with a crown, well-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with filed Churchill-ribs
Weight 6lb. 2oz., 14 3/8in. pulls, 25in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ both (No. 1) and ¼ & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather 'V.C.' motor-case
Weight 6lb. 2oz., 14 3/8in. pulls, 25in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ both (No. 1) and ¼ & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather 'V.C.' motor-case