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The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1937
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A FINE LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR GUN BY WESTLEY RICHARDS, NO. C1837
The scroll-back treble-grip action-body and furniture fully-engraved with foliate-scrolls and tendrils, with traces of hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with horn butt-plate, the forend with horn finial, the barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 3oz., 15in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & extra-full choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
The scroll-back treble-grip action-body and furniture fully-engraved with foliate-scrolls and tendrils, with traces of hardening-colour, boldly-figured stock with horn butt-plate, the forend with horn finial, the barrels with game-rib
Weight 6lb. 3oz., 15in. pull, 28in. barrels, approx. ¼ & extra-full choke, 2½in. chambers, nitro proof
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