Lot Essay
Purdey's have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1925; the barrel length is original
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 22793, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock with leather-covered cheek-pad, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
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A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 22793, cocking-indicators, best bouquet and scroll engraving with some hardening-colour, well-figured stock with leather-covered cheek-pad, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 14½in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 9½oz., 14½in. stock, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ¾ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case