Lot Essay
Churchill's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed circa 1920. The gun has recently been regulated by Purdey's and a copy of the patterning will be made available to the buyer of the lot
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE 'PREMIER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 2277, manual safe, pinless lockplates, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with matt concave game-rib and intermediate bead-sight
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A 12-BORE 'PREMIER' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 2277, manual safe, pinless lockplates, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with matt concave game-rib and intermediate bead-sight
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 14½in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted leather case
Weight 6lb. 8oz., 14½in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. I.C. & 3/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted leather case