Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1912
THE PROPERTY OF AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF 16-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 19737/8
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A PAIR OF 16-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 19737/8
Articulated front triggers, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels (shortened) with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 14 5/8in. pulls, 27in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. & ¼ (No. 1) and ¼ both (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Articulated front triggers, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with leather-covered recoil-pads, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels (shortened) with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 9oz., 14 5/8in. pulls, 27in. barrels, choke approx. I.C. & ¼ (No. 1) and ¼ both (No. 2), 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case