Lot Essay
The gun was completed circa 1889 as a non-ejector and subsequently converted to ejector in 1897. New barrels were fitted by the makers in 1959
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A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 13112, best bouquet and scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with extension and leather-covered recoil-pad, rebarrelled by J. Purdey, with chopper-lumps and game-rib
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A 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY J. PURDEY, No. 13112, best bouquet and scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with extension and leather-covered recoil-pad, rebarrelled by J. Purdey, with chopper-lumps and game-rib
Weight 6lb. 13oz., 15 1/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case
Weight 6lb. 13oz., 15 1/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted oak and leather case