A 16-BORE 'IMPERIAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY VICKERS, NO. 1424

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A 16-BORE 'IMPERIAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY VICKERS, NO. 1424
Bold foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, well figured stock with recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with game-rib

Weight 5lb. 14oz., 14in. pull, 27½in. barrels, approx. 3/8 & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof

In its leather case

Special notice

Rifles and Pistols, (red labels) with specific exceptions (blue and yellow labels), require a British Firearms Certificate or Export Licence. All are sold 'as found'. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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Please note that this gun does not employ the back action coil spring but the standard bar sidelock

Lot Essay

The Vickers 'Imperial' Gun

Amongst the fairly limited number of guns produced by Vickers Ltd (later Vickers Armstrong Ltd) a superior and rather rare model was the 'Imperial'. This was a double barrel sidelock and was offered in 12 and 16 bore. The lock mechanism employed a back-action coil spring side-lock similar to that designed by Baker. According to an article on Vickers guns by the late Geoffrey Boothroyd in The Shooting Times some years ago, gun No 1424 was presented (a customary gesture) by Vickers to an important figure in the lumber business who had supplied spruce to Vickers for use in aircraft production during the First World War. Normally the 'Imperial' model retailed at the now seemingly astonishing price of £25

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