Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1977. It appears to have been very little used.
THE PROPERTY OF AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR
A FINE 12-BORE (2¾IN) SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 27958, manual beetle-backed safety, Purdey non-selective single-trigger, hold-open toplever, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour and blueing, highly-figured stock and forend-wood, the barrels with matt tapered breech-flat and raised bead-foresight
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A FINE 12-BORE (2¾IN) SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER-AND-UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 27958, manual beetle-backed safety, Purdey non-selective single-trigger, hold-open toplever, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour and blueing, highly-figured stock and forend-wood, the barrels with matt tapered breech-flat and raised bead-foresight
Weight 7lb. 6oz., 14½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & 5/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather double case
Weight 7lb. 6oz., 14½in. stock, 27in. barrels, approx. ¼ & 5/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather double case