Product Details
J. PURDEY & SONS
A PAIR OF 12-BORE SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTORS, serial no. 22106 / 7,
for 1921 and the No.2 and No.3 gun of a trio, 30in. sleeved nitro reproved barrels, the ribs engraved 'J. PURDEY & SONS, AUDLEY HOUSE. SOUTH AUDLEY STREET. LONDON.', and '2' and '3' at the breech ends, 2 3/4in. chambers, Teague multichokes (no spares), some rusting No.2, toplevers engraved '2' and '3', automatic safeties with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' details, removable striker discs, cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, brushed and reblued finish,14 5/8in. stocks (some reprofiling at hands and No.3 with minor cracks) including buttplates, weight 6lb. 14oz. (No.2) and 6lb. 12oz. (No.3)
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Completed: 11th August 1921
For: The Honourable Guy Wilson
Description: Nos. 2 & 3 of a trio of hammerless ejector game guns
Weight: 6lb. 5 1/2oz.
Calibre: 14-bore
Barrels: 29in. Whitworth Steel
Choke: [Not Recorded]
Stock: 14 1/2in.
Notes:
'GGW' inlaid in place of oval
Silver's recoil-pads
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Greville Wilson, CMG, DSO (19 May 1877 - 1 February 1943) was a British soldier, company director, and Liberal Party politician from Kingston upon Hull. His family owned Thomas Wilson Sons & Co., which was once the largest private ship owning concern in the world
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act