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A FINE PAIR OF 12-BORE (2IN)'IMPERIALE MONTECARLO EXTRA' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY L. FRANCHI, NO. 15134/5
The lockplates and undersides of the action-bodies profusely engraved with fine game-scenes of mallard, French partridge and pointers in extensive landscapes, with best foliate-scrollwork, the scrollwork incorporating mythological figures, putti, grotesques and male demi-figures, the triggerplates signed 'M. Cerzi', bright cyanide-hardened finish overall, manual safeties, the non-selective single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, highly-figured burr-walnut stocks, the Boehler-Steel chopper-lump barrels with matt semi-raised ribs
Weight 7lb., 14in. stocks, 28in. barrels, choke approx. & full (No.1) and full both (No.2), 2in. chambers, nitro proof
The lockplates and undersides of the action-bodies profusely engraved with fine game-scenes of mallard, French partridge and pointers in extensive landscapes, with best foliate-scrollwork, the scrollwork incorporating mythological figures, putti, grotesques and male demi-figures, the triggerplates signed 'M. Cerzi', bright cyanide-hardened finish overall, manual safeties, the non-selective single-triggers with rolled-edge triggerguards, highly-figured burr-walnut stocks, the Boehler-Steel chopper-lump barrels with matt semi-raised ribs
Weight 7lb., 14in. stocks, 28in. barrels, choke approx. & full (No.1) and full both (No.2), 2in. chambers, nitro proof