Lot Essay
Gun No. 1 was completed circa 1898 and No. 2 was built to match circa 1904
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The Property of
J.Y. SCARLETT, Esq.
A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. WOODWARD, No. 5314 (1) and 5833 (2), arcaded fences, protruding tumbler-pivots, best foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with butt-plates, cast-off between 1 1/16 (No. 2) and 1 3/16 (No. 1) at the face, Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A MATCHED PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. WOODWARD, No. 5314 (1) and 5833 (2), arcaded fences, protruding tumbler-pivots, best foliate-scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stocks with butt-plates, cast-off between 1 1/16 (No. 2) and 1 3/16 (No. 1) at the face, Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 14oz., 15 5/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. &¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their oak and leather case
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Weight 6lb. 14oz., 15 5/8in. pulls, 29in. barrels, approx. I.C. &¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their oak and leather case
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