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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1904 It is of superlative quality and it appears to have been relatively little used
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A FINE 12-BORE (2¾IN) 'GRADE G. 70' 'FACILE PRINCEPS' BOXLOCK EJECTOR GUN BY W. W. GREENER, NO. 54800
The scalloped-back treble-grip action-body with ornate side-bolsters, the fences carved with stylized shell motifs, the action-body and furniture engraved with game-scene vignettes amid best fine foliate-scrollwork and barleycorn motifs, with much hardening-colour, exceptionally-figured stock with leather-covered recoil-pad, the chequering ornately-bordered, with ornate horn-inlaid drop-points, the Whitworth-steel barrels with profusely-engraved breech-ends and game-rib
Weight 6lb. 14oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
The scalloped-back treble-grip action-body with ornate side-bolsters, the fences carved with stylized shell motifs, the action-body and furniture engraved with game-scene vignettes amid best fine foliate-scrollwork and barleycorn motifs, with much hardening-colour, exceptionally-figured stock with leather-covered recoil-pad, the chequering ornately-bordered, with ornate horn-inlaid drop-points, the Whitworth-steel barrels with profusely-engraved breech-ends and game-rib
Weight 6lb. 14oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, approx. ¼ & ½ choke, 2¾in. chambers, nitro proof
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.