Lot Essay
The guns were completed circa 1936
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'PREMIERE XXV' ASSISTED OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 5351/2, Baker-system self-opening action, double rolled-edge triggerguards, best close foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, chopper-lump barrels with Churchill ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
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A PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'PREMIERE XXV' ASSISTED OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 5351/2, Baker-system self-opening action, double rolled-edge triggerguards, best close foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, chopper-lump barrels with Churchill ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 5lb. 15½oz., 14 7/8in. stocks, 25in. barrels, all approx. ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its leather motor 'V.C.' case
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Weight 5lb. 15½oz., 14 7/8in. stocks, 25in. barrels, all approx. ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its leather motor 'V.C.' case
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