Lot Essay
Please note that these guns are Section 2 shotguns.
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PROPERTY OF THE HON. DAVID McALPINE (Lots 634-637)
A PAIR OF BOTTEGA C. GIOVANELLI ENGRAVED 20-BORE S687 EELL 'DIAMOND PIGEON' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDE-PLATED OVER-AND-UNDER EJECTORS
P. BERETTA, ITALY, SERIAL NOS. N59204B & N59205B
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A PAIR OF BOTTEGA C. GIOVANELLI ENGRAVED 20-BORE S687 EELL 'DIAMOND PIGEON' SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDE-PLATED OVER-AND-UNDER EJECTORS
P. BERETTA, ITALY, SERIAL NOS. N59204B & N59205B
With blacked barrels with Beretta USA address and respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold on the rib, automatic safeties incorporating the barrel-selector, hold-open toplevers respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold, side-plates engraved with game scenes, the actions and trigger-guards engraved with floral scrollwork, the trigger-plates signed 'BOTTEGA C. GIOVANELLI', gold-washed triggers, figured 14 in. pistolgrip stocks including leather-covered recoil-pad, and fore-end levers respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold, in individual Beretta universal cases
29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) nitro barrels, 3 in. chambers, bored approx. ¼ and imp. cyl. choke.
6 lbs. 6 ¾ oz.
P. BERETTA, ITALY, SERIAL NOS. N59204B & N59205B
With blacked barrels with Beretta USA address and respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold on the rib, automatic safeties incorporating the barrel-selector, hold-open toplevers respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold, side-plates engraved with game scenes, the actions and trigger-guards engraved with floral scrollwork, the trigger-plates signed 'BOTTEGA C. GIOVANELLI', gold-washed triggers, figured 14 in. pistolgrip stocks including leather-covered recoil-pad, and fore-end levers respectively numbered '1' and '2' in gold, in individual Beretta universal cases
29 1/2 in. (75 cm.) nitro barrels, 3 in. chambers, bored approx. ¼ and imp. cyl. choke.
6 lbs. 6 ¾ oz.