A FINE 12-BORE (3IN.) SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY E.J. CHURCHILL, NO. 7020

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A FINE 12-BORE (3IN.) SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUN BY E.J. CHURCHILL, NO. 7020
Safe fixed on fire, non-selective single-trigger with double rolled-edge triggerguard, hold-open toplever, Smith-system self-opening action, pinless lockplates, best foliate-scroll engraving with full hardening-colour and blueing, boldly-figured stock with recoil-pad, the chopper-lump barrels with Churchill-rib and scroll-engraved breech-ends

Weight 7lb. ½oz, 14 1/8in. pull, 25in. barrels, approx. I.C. & ½ choke, 3 in. chambers, nitro proof

In its leather 'V.C.' case

Maker's records:

Built 1957 for Annie Laurie Crawford. 12-bore 'Premiere'. Weight 7lb. 3oz.. 25in. barrels. Easy-Opener. 14 1/8in. stock (with pad). ¼ & ½ choke. 2¾in.[?] chambers. Engraved gold monogram 'ALC' on guard

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium 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

Lot Essay

The gun appears to have been little used, but the top-rib is loose near the muzzles

Competition history: Seville, 1959; Monte Carlo, 1960, Prix de la Côte d'Azur, Monte Carlo, 1960; Madrid, 1958

Sold with two letters, respectively of 25 February 1957 and 14 August 1957, from Robert Churchill to Russell B. Aitken, each mentioning the gun

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