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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1903
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 17779/80
The lockplates inset with cocking-indicators, non-selective single-triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, figured replacement stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with replacement game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No. 2), 13½in. stocks, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 left barrel-thickness marginal)
In a brass-mounted leather case
The lockplates inset with cocking-indicators, non-selective single-triggers, best bouquet and scroll engraving, figured replacement stocks, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with replacement game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 12oz. (No. 2), 13½in. stocks, 29in. barrels, both approx. I.C. & ¼ choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (No. 1 left barrel-thickness marginal)
In a brass-mounted leather case
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
Sporting Guns. Unless otherwise stated, this gun is a double-barrelled hammerless shotgun. Every gun (blue label), with specific exceptions (yellow label), requires a Shot Gun Certificate