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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1914 and that they were restocked by them within the last twenty years
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 20996/7
Best bouquet and scroll engraving, articulated front triggers, the lockplates inset with cocking-indicators, boldly-figured replacement stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15¾in. stocks, 29in. barrels, all approx. I.C., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
Best bouquet and scroll engraving, articulated front triggers, the lockplates inset with cocking-indicators, boldly-figured replacement stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 12½oz., 15¾in. stocks, 29in. barrels, all approx. I.C., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.