Lot 28
28
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE(2¾ IN) SINGLE-DOUBLE TRIGGER 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 4803, patent single-double trigger action, gold-plated triggers with double rolled-edge triggerguard, pinless lockplates, best close foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with butt-plate, chopper-lump barrels with Churchill-rib and scroll engraved breech-ends

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A 12-BORE(2¾ IN) SINGLE-DOUBLE TRIGGER 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY E.J. CHURCHILL, No. 4803, patent single-double trigger action, gold-plated triggers with double rolled-edge triggerguard, pinless lockplates, best close foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with butt-plate, chopper-lump barrels with Churchill-rib and scroll engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 13oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 25in. barrels, approx.½ & 7/8 choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro reproof (1988)
In its leather lightweight case
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Lot Essay

The gun was completed circa 1932 and is recorded as being fitted with 'new repeating triggers'. This attractive and highly utilitarian feature is likely to be a Churchill patent and was probably introduced circa 1930. In it, both triggers can be used as self-contained but non-selective single-triggers, the mechanism being operated on an involuntary- or three-pull system
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