Lot Essay
The maker's records confirm that the gun was completed in 1900 with 'open scroll engraving'
Various Properties
A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. WOODWARD, No. 5223, 'Second Quality', Woodward patent non-selective single-trigger, arcaded fences, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with full hardening-colour (renewed), highly-figured replacement stock with pistolgrip, the Whitworth-steel barrels with game-rib
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A 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER 'THE AUTOMATIC' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. WOODWARD, No. 5223, 'Second Quality', Woodward patent non-selective single-trigger, arcaded fences, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with full hardening-colour (renewed), highly-figured replacement stock with pistolgrip, the Whitworth-steel barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 14 7/8in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 14 7/8in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. cyl. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case