Lot Essay
The guns appear to have been little used. A quantity of 20-bore cartridges will be made available to the buyer of the lot
Details
A pair of 20-bore (2¾in) single-trigger 'Model 687 EELL' over-and-under ejector game-guns by P. Beretta, No. L08050B/51B
Fully-selective single-triggers, the automatic safe-slides with integral barrel-selector switches, hold-open toplevers, the sideplates engraved with scenes of pheasant and woodcock in their naturalistic habitats, with best bouquet and scroll engraving, bright finish, the triggerplates signed 'Bottega C. Giovanelli', highly-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the barrels with matt ventilated top-ribs
Weight 6lb. ½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 4½oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. pulls, 29½in. barrels, multi-chokes, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather motor-case; each gun with a canvas slip and five multi-chokes
Fully-selective single-triggers, the automatic safe-slides with integral barrel-selector switches, hold-open toplevers, the sideplates engraved with scenes of pheasant and woodcock in their naturalistic habitats, with best bouquet and scroll engraving, bright finish, the triggerplates signed 'Bottega C. Giovanelli', highly-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the barrels with matt ventilated top-ribs
Weight 6lb. ½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 4½oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. pulls, 29½in. barrels, multi-chokes, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather motor-case; each gun with a canvas slip and five multi-chokes