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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1949. They appear to have been relatively little used
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A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE 'PREMIERE FINEST QUALITY' SELF-OPENING SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E.J. CHURCHILL, NO. 6747/8
The Churchill single-triggers with double rolled-edge triggerguards, Smith-system self-opening actions, hold-open toplevers, the pinless lockplates with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, figured stocks with recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with matt Churchill-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 6oz., 14½in. pulls, 28in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ both (No.1) and .3/8 & ½ (No.2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
The Churchill single-triggers with double rolled-edge triggerguards, Smith-system self-opening actions, hold-open toplevers, the pinless lockplates with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, figured stocks with recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with matt Churchill-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 6oz., 14½in. pulls, 28in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ both (No.1) and .3/8 & ½ (No.2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof