Lot Essay
The gun was completed circa 1974 as a companion to the set of three guns in the preceding lot
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY J. PURDEY, No. 28029, rounded bar, articulated front trigger, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, leather-covered cheek-pad and recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with semi-sunken game-rib
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A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN_BY J. PURDEY, No. 28029, rounded bar, articulated front trigger, best bouquet and scroll engraving with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, leather-covered cheek-pad and recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with semi-sunken game-rib
Weight 6lb. 14½oz., 14¾in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. 7/8 & full choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather double-guncase
Weight 6lb. 14½oz., 14¾in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. 7/8 & full choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather double-guncase