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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1890
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK NON-EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 13360/1
Cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish, boldly-figured stocks with extensions, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. pull (No. 1) and 13½in. pull (No. 2), 30in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & cyl., 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (No. 2 barrel-thickness well below recommended minimum)
In a Cogswell & Harrison brass-mounted and oak-lined leather case
Cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright finish, boldly-figured stocks with extensions, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 8oz. (No. 2), 14 1/8in. pull (No. 1) and 13½in. pull (No. 2), 30in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & cyl., 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (No. 2 barrel-thickness well below recommended minimum)
In a Cogswell & Harrison brass-mounted and oak-lined leather case