Lot Essay
Please note that this gun is a Section 2 shotgun.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 641 & 642)
A FINE 20-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR
J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14406
Details
A FINE 20-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR
J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14406
With reblacked chopperlump Whitworth steel barrels signed in full and numbered '2' on the rib, action engraved 'PURDEY'S PATENT' on the underside, removable striker-discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE', signed locks each with cocking-indicator, blued toplever and trigger-guard, fine bouquet and scroll engraving throughout, the action and locks each retaining some original case-hardened finish, well figured 14 ¼ in. replacement stock, and silver escutcheon engraved with the initials 'A.D.D.', in maker's leather motor case for gun number 27479
29 in. (73.7 cm.) nitro barrels, 2 ½ in. chambers, bored approx. cyl. and ½ choke.
5 lbs. 11 ¼ oz.
J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE, SOUTH AUDLEY STREET, LONDON, SERIAL NO. 14406
With reblacked chopperlump Whitworth steel barrels signed in full and numbered '2' on the rib, action engraved 'PURDEY'S PATENT' on the underside, removable striker-discs, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE', signed locks each with cocking-indicator, blued toplever and trigger-guard, fine bouquet and scroll engraving throughout, the action and locks each retaining some original case-hardened finish, well figured 14 ¼ in. replacement stock, and silver escutcheon engraved with the initials 'A.D.D.', in maker's leather motor case for gun number 27479
29 in. (73.7 cm.) nitro barrels, 2 ½ in. chambers, bored approx. cyl. and ½ choke.
5 lbs. 11 ¼ oz.
Provenance
The makers have kindly confirmed that this gun appears in the Barrel Book with an entry dated 31 March 1892 noting the buyer's name as Newall Esq.