Lot Essay
The gun was completed circa 1948, shortly before the Woodward name was bought by Purdey's. Records show that only another eight or nine guns were completed after No. 7176
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 12-BORE UNDER-AND-OVER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY J. WOODWARD, No. 7176, manual safe, hold-open toplever, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish, boldly-figured replacement stock with pistolgrip and recoil-pad, the barrels with matt top-rib
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A 12-BORE UNDER-AND-OVER SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY J. WOODWARD, No. 7176, manual safe, hold-open toplever, best bouquet and scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish, boldly-figured replacement stock with pistolgrip and recoil-pad, the barrels with matt top-rib
Weight 7lb. 6oz., 14 3/8in. pull, 28 1/8in. barrels, approx. 3/8 & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
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Weight 7lb. 6oz., 14 3/8in. pull, 28 1/8in. barrels, approx. 3/8 & 5/8 choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
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