A FINE BROWNING 12-BORE (2¾IN.) OVER-AND-UNDER EJECTOR GUN, NO. 63418, BELGIAN MANUFACTURE
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A FINE BROWNING 12-BORE (2¾IN.) OVER-AND-UNDER EJECTOR GUN, NO. 63418, BELGIAN MANUFACTURE

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A FINE BROWNING 12-BORE (2¾IN.) OVER-AND-UNDER EJECTOR GUN, NO. 63418, BELGIAN MANUFACTURE
Triggerplate action of boxlock form, manual safe, fully-selective single-trigger, hold-open toplever, best bouquet and scroll engraving, the toplever and sides of the action-body gold-inlaid with pigeon motifs, with much blued finish, the triggerguard gold-encrusted with the Aitken coat-of-arms, stock with semi-pistolgrip and recoil-pad, the comb built up, the barrels with matt ventilated top-ribs, under the stock are three engraved gold plates 'Annie Laurie Aitken: European Championship Valencia, 1960, Third Place: Prix de la Côte D'Azur, 8th Place, Monte Carlo, 1960', and under the forend two gold plates 'World Championship, Sevilla, 1959, Second Place: World Championship, Milano, 1960, Runner-up', and an enamel insignia 'Tiro de Pichones De Sevilla'

Weight 7lb. 3oz., 14in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. 5/8 & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof

With a set of interchangeable extra 26½in. barrels

Weight 6lb. 15½oz., approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof (top barrel thickness marginal)

In its leather case
Literature
Merrill Lindsay, One Hundred Great Guns, p. 190 (illustrated)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium Sporting Guns. Unless otherwise stated, this gun is a double-barrelled hammerless shotgun. Every gun (blue label), with specific exceptions (yellow label), requires a Shot Gun Certificate

Lot Essay

Competition history: World Championship, Seville, 1959, Second Place; European Championship, Valencia, 1960, Third Place; Prix de la Côte d'Azur, Monte Carlo, 1960, 8th Place; World Championship, Milan, 1960, Runner-up

Engraved and inlaid by Fugger

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