Lot Essay
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1937. They appear to have been very little used
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A FINE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY W. EVANS, NO. 17670/1
The action-bodies, lockplates and furniture engraved with best bold foliate-scrollwork and strapwork motifs, with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, the barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb., 14½in. stocks, 26½in. barrels, choke approx. 3/8 both (No. 1) and ¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their brass-mounted leather case
The action-bodies, lockplates and furniture engraved with best bold foliate-scrollwork and strapwork motifs, with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stocks, the barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb., 14½in. stocks, 26½in. barrels, choke approx. 3/8 both (No. 1) and ¼ & 3/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their 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