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The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1887
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A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY J. PURDEY, NO. 12640/1
The fences engraved with a stylized oak-leaf motif, best bouquet and scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, well-figured stocks with wood extensions, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 9oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. cyl. & ½ (No. 1) and cyl. & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (barrel thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
The fences engraved with a stylized oak-leaf motif, best bouquet and scroll engraving, cocking-indicators, well-figured stocks with wood extensions, the Whitworth-steel chopper-lump barrels with game-ribs
Weight 6lb. 10oz. (No. 1) and 6lb. 9oz. (No. 2), 15 1/8in. pulls, 30in. barrels, choke approx. cyl. & ½ (No. 1) and cyl. & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof (barrel thicknesses below recommended minimum)
In their brass-mounted oak and leather case
Special notice
Rifles and Pistols, (red labels) with specific exceptions (blue and yellow labels), require a British Firearms Certificate or Export Licence. All are sold 'as found'.
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.