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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1989
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A FINE PAIR OF 20-BORE (3IN) SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. WILKES, NO. 15276/7
The maker's name gold-inlaid on the lockplates and on the undersides of the action-bodies, articulated front triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, highly-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 2½oz., 15.5/8in. pulls, 27in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & .5/8 choke, 3in. chambers, nitro proof
The maker's name gold-inlaid on the lockplates and on the undersides of the action-bodies, articulated front triggers, rolled-edge triggerguards, best bouquet and scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, highly-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 2½oz., 15.5/8in. pulls, 27in. barrels, each approx. ¼ & .5/8 choke, 3in. chambers, nitro proof