THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 22709/10, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with recoil-pads, No. 2 forend restocked, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, No. 22709/10, best bouquet and scroll engraving, well-figured stocks with recoil-pads, No. 2 forend restocked, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 13½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 14 3/8in. pulls, 28in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (No. 2 left bore-dimension marginal and wall-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
The guns were completed circa 1924 and the barrels were shortened, lightened and re-choked by the makers in 1950
Weight 6lb. 13½oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 10oz. (No. 2), 14 3/8in. pulls, 28in. barrels, all approx. ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro reproof (No. 2 left bore-dimension marginal and wall-thickness below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
The guns were completed circa 1924 and the barrels were shortened, lightened and re-choked by the makers in 1950