Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1892. The barrel length is original
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE 10-BORE (3½IN. MAGNUM) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 14284, side-clips, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, figured replacement stock with recoil-pad, slightly cast-on for the left shoulder, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with broad-rib
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A FINE 10-BORE (3½IN. MAGNUM) SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 14284, side-clips, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, figured replacement stock with recoil-pad, slightly cast-on for the left shoulder, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with broad-rib
Weight 8lb. 4oz., 15¼in. pull, 30½in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 3½in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (for maximum service pressures of 1200 bar)
Weight 8lb. 4oz., 15¼in. pull, 30½in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 3½in. chambers, recent nitro reproof (for maximum service pressures of 1200 bar)