Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1906. The present barrels are a pair of extra barrels fitted-in by the makers in 1908. The ejectors of the No. 2 gun require regulating
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 18824/5, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured replacement stock with extension (No. 1) and figured stock with extension (No. 2), the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 18824/5, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured replacement stock with extension (No. 1) and figured stock with extension (No. 2), the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 15oz., 15in. pulls, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 right barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their leather 'The Purdey Lightweight' motor-case
Weight 6lb. 15oz., 15in. pulls, 30in. barrels, both approx. ¼ & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 right barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their leather 'The Purdey Lightweight' motor-case