Lot Essay
The makers have kindly confirmed that the guns were completed in 1929 with 'special wood'
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E. J. CHURCHILL, No. 3995/6, lightweight actions with double rolled-edge triggerguards and pinless lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with matt Churchill-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
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A FINE PAIR OF LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE 'PREMIERE XXV' SIDELOCK EJECTOR GUNS BY E. J. CHURCHILL, No. 3995/6, lightweight actions with double rolled-edge triggerguards and pinless lockplates, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best foliate-scroll engraving with much hardening-colour, boldly-figured stocks with recoil-pads, the chopper-lump barrels with matt Churchill-ribs and scroll-engraved breech-ends
Weight 6lb. 1oz., 14 5/8in. pull (No. 1) and 14¼in. pull (No. 2), 25in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ & 3/8 (No. 1) and ¼ & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather lightweight 'V.C.' motor-case
Weight 6lb. 1oz., 14 5/8in. pull (No. 1) and 14¼in. pull (No. 2), 25in. barrels, choke approx. ¼ & 3/8 (No. 1) and ¼ & 5/8 (No. 2), 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
In their leather lightweight 'V.C.' motor-case