A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 23483/4, articulated front triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks (cracks at the hands) with leather-covered recoil-pads, the stocks modified with extensive wooden inserts and raised leather-covered combs, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs (loose)

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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 23483/4, articulated front triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks (cracks at the hands) with leather-covered recoil-pads, the stocks modified with extensive wooden inserts and raised leather-covered combs, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs (loose)
Weight 7lb. 1½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 2), 14¼in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ & 5/8 (No. 1) and I.C. & ¾ (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their oak and leather case

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The guns were completed circa 1932. Both guns require rejointing
The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import

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