Lot 44
44
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 16268/9, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, gun No. 1 with some hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks with extensions, rebarrelled by J. Purdey, with chopper-lumps and game-ribs Weight 6lb. 13oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. pulls, 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof

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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 16268/9, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving, gun No. 1 with some hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks with extensions, rebarrelled by J. Purdey, with chopper-lumps and game-ribs Weight 6lb. 13oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 11oz. (No. 2), 14¾in. pulls, 28in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case

Lot Essay

Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the guns were built in 1898 with 29in. Krupp-steel barrels and that they were rebarrelled (28in.) by them in 1971. Interestingly, only approximately 98 pairs of barrels were supplied by Purdey in Krupp steel

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