Lot 106
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A PURDEY 1863 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 8231, Second Pattern thumb-hole underlever, rebounding backlocks with high-spurred hammers, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with extension, replacement damascus barrels by Holland & Holland (circa 1979)

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A PURDEY 1863 PATENT 12-BORE HAMMER GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 8231, Second Pattern thumb-hole underlever, rebounding backlocks with high-spurred hammers, percussion fences, best foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with extension, replacement damascus barrels by Holland & Holland (circa 1979)
Weight 7lb. 3oz., 15in. pull, 29¾in. barrels, both approx. I.C., 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
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The gun is remarkable in having had new damascus barrels fitted. The work was carried out by David Winks of Holland & Holland, circa 1979-1980, and these barrels are, as a result, probably the first pair of damascus barrels to have been made in the last sixty years
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