Lot Essay
The Woodward records confirm that this rare variant was completed in 1911 as a hammer ejector gun for the Earl of Cork and Orrery. It appears to have been little used
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A FINE 12-BORE HAMMER EJECTOR GUN BY J. WOODWARD, NO. 6117
The sidelocks with low-profile rebounding hammers, toplever, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with extension, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 12oz., 14in. pull, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & choke, 2in. chambers, nitro proof
The sidelocks with low-profile rebounding hammers, toplever, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with extension, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 12oz., 14in. pull, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & choke, 2in. chambers, nitro proof
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THE ESTIMATE SHOULD NOW READ 15,000 - 18,000 GBP.