Product Details
JAMES WOODWARD & SONS
A FINE AND SCARCE 12-BORE 1913 PATENT OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR LIVE PIGEON GUN, serial no. 6774,
for 1926, 30in. nitro barrels with raised tapered solid file cut top-rib with intermediate bead sight, side ribs, the over barrel engraved 'JAMES WOODWARD & SONS. 64. ST. JAMES'S STREET. LONDON. S.W. ENGLAND', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 3/4 choke in both, C.L Woodward, W.P. Evershed and C. Hill patent action, patent no. 4986 of 27th February 1913 with side bolsters, hold-open toplever, automatic t-bar safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, best fine acanthus scroll engraving with floral bouquets, the makers name in elaborate cartouches to the lockplates, the underside with 'WOODWARD'S - UNDER & OVER - ', retaining some original colour-hardening and finish, 14 1/2in. highly-figured stock with Prince of Wales semi-pistolgrip with cap, bolstered fore-end wood, weight 7lb. 8oz., in its leather case with some accessories and Woodward labelled gun oil and cleaning preparation tins and glass gun lock oil bottle.
Provenance: The makers have kindly provided us with the following information:
Woodward, No. 6774
Completed: 17th May 1926
For: W.H. Leonard
Description: An 'Under & Over' hammerless ejector pigeon gun
Weight: 7lb. 9 1/2oz.
Calibre: 12-bore (2 3/4in. Case)
Barrels: 30in. Nickel steel
Choke: 3/4 & Full Choke
Stock: 14 3/8in.
Notes:
Solid file-cut top-rib
Semi-pistolgrip stock with ebonite butt-plate and silver oval
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Estimate £18,000-22,000
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act