Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 1470
STEPHEN GRANT & SONS A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE W. BAKER 1906 PATENT ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 17095,

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STEPHEN GRANT & SONS
A LIGHTWEIGHT 12-BORE W. BAKER 1906 PATENT ASSISTED-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 17095,
for 1934, 28in. nitro barrels, the tubes engraved 'STEPHEN GRANT & SONS. 7. BURY STREET. ST. JAMES'S. LONDON.', 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. true cyl. and 1/2 choke, right wall thickness at 19, slender W. Baker patent assisted opening action, patent no. 26,903 of November 27th 1906, feathered fluted fences, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, fine acanthus scroll engraving, brushed bright and reblued finish overall, 15 1/4in. figured stock (cast on for the left shoulder) including 7/8in. leather covered recoil pad, weight 6lb., in its lightweight leather case and a 1911 'Instructions for Purdey Guns' booklet

Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1934 as a 'Best quality "self opening" 12 bore, 28in. barrels, top lever' for a Capt. Keith G. Murray at a cost of £120



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Estimate £2,000-3,000

S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act