Lot Essay
The gun was completed circa 1900 and the present barrels were supplied by the makers in 1902
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A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. WOODWARD, NO. 5472
The action-body with arcaded fences, protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with pistolgrip and butt-plate, rebarrelled by the makers (No. 5705), the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 8½oz., 14¾in. pull, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (right barrel-thickness marginal)
The action-body with arcaded fences, protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with pistolgrip and butt-plate, rebarrelled by the makers (No. 5705), the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 8½oz., 14¾in. pull, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (right barrel-thickness marginal)