Lot Essay
The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1905 and subsequently sold by them in December 1914 to 'the Hon. A. Walsh'
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A 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY F. BEESLEY, NO. 1838
The fences carved with stylized acanthus leaves, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stock with butt-plate, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 13.7/8in. pull, 29in. barrels, both approx. cyl., 2in. chambers, nitro proof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)
The fences carved with stylized acanthus leaves, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stock with butt-plate, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 13.7/8in. pull, 29in. barrels, both approx. cyl., 2in. chambers, nitro proof (barrel-thicknesses below recommended minimum)