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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1944 and appears to have been relatively little used
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A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE (2IN) BOXLOCK EJECTOR GUN BY W. J. JEFFERY,
No. 39659
Scroll-back action-body, full foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with extension, cast-on for the left shoulder, the barrels with Churchill-style rib and gold-inlaid inscription 'FOR 2 INCH CASE ONLY'
Weight 5lb. 6½oz., 15¼in. pull, 26in. barrels, approx. cyl. & .3/8 choke, 2in. chambers, nitro proof
No. 39659
Scroll-back action-body, full foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, highly-figured stock with extension, cast-on for the left shoulder, the barrels with Churchill-style rib and gold-inlaid inscription 'FOR 2 INCH CASE ONLY'
Weight 5lb. 6½oz., 15¼in. pull, 26in. barrels, approx. cyl. & .3/8 choke, 2in. chambers, nitro proof