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A FINE AND ORNATE 12-BORE (3IN) SIDELOCK EJECTOR PIGEON-GUN BY HOLLOWAY & NAUGHTON, No. 89382
The heavy treble-grip action-body with side-clips, rolled-edge triggerguard, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, the lockplates and action-body extensively engraved with game scenes of pheasant, duck, pointers and setters, the side-clips with ornate roundels enclosing the carved heads of gundogs, the game scenes within landscapes and enclosed within best foliate-scrollwork, with virtually full hardening-colour overall, well-figured stock with butt-plate, the hand and forend with ornate-border chequering, the chopper-lump barrels with matt pigeon-rib and carved breech-ends
Weight 7lb. 15½oz., 14.3/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, both approx. .7/8 choke, 3in. chambers, nitro proof
The heavy treble-grip action-body with side-clips, rolled-edge triggerguard, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, the lockplates and action-body extensively engraved with game scenes of pheasant, duck, pointers and setters, the side-clips with ornate roundels enclosing the carved heads of gundogs, the game scenes within landscapes and enclosed within best foliate-scrollwork, with virtually full hardening-colour overall, well-figured stock with butt-plate, the hand and forend with ornate-border chequering, the chopper-lump barrels with matt pigeon-rib and carved breech-ends
Weight 7lb. 15½oz., 14.3/8in. pull, 30in. barrels, both approx. .7/8 choke, 3in. chambers, nitro proof