A FINE 12-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY J. PURDEY, NO. 26652

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A FINE 12-BORE (2¾IN) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY J. PURDEY, NO. 26652
The treble-grip action-body with side-clips, manual safety, the lockplates inset with cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with virtually full hardening-colour, exceptionally-figured stock with leather-covered recoil-pad, elongated beavertail forend, the chopper-lump barrels with matt pigeon-rib
Weight 7lb. 13oz., 15 5/8in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. 5/8 & full choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof

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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1959. It appears to be virtually unused. A championship sticker applied to the stock shows that the gun took part in the 1961 'XXV Campeonato Del Mundo De Tiro De Pichon' in Barcelona
This lot is subject to VAT as a re-import

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