A SET OF THREE 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 19808/9/10, rounded bars, protruding tumbler-pivots, articulated front triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with pistolgrips, leather-covered cheek-pads and recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with semi-sunken game-ribs, rebarrelled by J. Purdey

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A SET OF THREE 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 19808/9/10, rounded bars, protruding tumbler-pivots, articulated front triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with pistolgrips, leather-covered cheek-pads and recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with semi-sunken game-ribs, rebarrelled by J. Purdey
Weight 6lb. 11oz. (No. 1), 6lb. 14½oz. (No. 2) and 6lb. 12½oz. (No. 3), 14¾in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. 5/8 & full (No. 1) cyl. & 7/8 (No. 2) and 5/8 & extra-full (No. 3), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof, No. 3 nitro reproof (gun No. 1 left bore-dimension marginal; gun No. 3 left barrel-thickness marginal)
Gun No. 2 with a set of interchangeable extra chopper-lump skeet barrels, with semi-sunken game-rib
26in. barrels, approx. I.C. &¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof, gun-weight 6lb. 10oz.
In their brass-mounted oak and leather triple-guncase

Lot Essay

The guns were completed circa 1910 and are most unusual for their protruding tumbler-pivots, a feature most commonly found on Woodward guns. New barrels were fitted by the makers in 1948 (No. 3), 1956 (No. 1) and 1960 (No. 2). Purdey records further confirm the addition of new 26in. skeet barrels for the No. 2 gun in 1960

The gun in the following lot, No. 28029, was built to match this set and is, therefore, numbered '4'.

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