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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1894
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. WOODWARD, NO. 4881/2
The protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, side-clips, arcaded fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with short extensions and butt-plates, No. 1 a replacement, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 15in. pulls, 29in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof (No. 2 right barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)
The protruding tumbler-pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, side-clips, arcaded fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with short extensions and butt-plates, No. 1 a replacement, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 15in. pulls, 29in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, Black Powder proof (No. 2 right barrel-thickness below recommended minimum)