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* J. WOODWARD & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 5351/ 2, with extra barrels by Gallyon,
circa 1900, original 29in. nitro barrels (some pits), ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64 ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. MADE OF SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH'S FLUID PRESSED STEEL.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke;
extra 29in. nitro barrels (in 1968), ribs gold-inlaid '1' and '2' and engraved 'BARRELS BY GALLYON AND SONS (GUNMAKERS). CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/2 choke;
toplevers gold-inlaid '1' and '2', arcaded fences, removable striker discs, automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, protruding tumbler pivots with gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving with the makers name in elaborate cartouches on the lockplates, (No.1 fore-end not catching on extra barrels, ejectors require attention, No.2 ejectors require attention), 14 1/2in. figured stock (No.1 including 1 3/8in. wooden extension, cracked at hand), in their makers brass-cornered oak and leather double guncase, the extra barrels in a modern vinyl guncase
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 26th August 1899
For: Norman Herbert Smith
Description: A pair of toplever hammerless ejector game guns
Weight: 6lb. 10 1/2oz.
Calibre: 12-bore
Barrels: 29in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: I.C. & 1/4
Stock: 14 5/8in.
Notes:
Action without sideclips
Straight-hand stocks
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Estimate £3,500-4,500
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act